Quran Verses about Prophet Shuaib and Madyan

وَإِلَىٰ مَدۡيَنَ أَخَاهُمۡ شُعَيۡبٗاۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَٰهٍ غَيۡرُهُۥۖ قَدۡ جَآءَتۡكُم بَيِّنَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡۖ فَأَوۡفُواْ ٱلۡكَيۡلَ وَٱلۡمِيزَانَ وَلَا تَبۡخَسُواْ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشۡيَآءَهُمۡ وَلَا تُفۡسِدُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ بَعۡدَ إِصۡلَٰحِهَاۚ ذَٰلِكُمۡ خَيۡرٞ لَّكُمۡ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ٨٥

Wa ilā madyana akhāhum shuʿaybā, qāla yāqawmiʿbudullāha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruh, qad jāʾatkum bayyinatum mir rabbikum, fa awful-kayla wal-mīzāna wa lā tabkhasun-nāsa ashyāʾahum wa lā tufsidū fil-arḍi baʿda iṣlāḥihā, dhālikum khayrul lakum in kuntum muʾminīn.

And to [the people of] Madyan [We sent] their brother Shuʿayb. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. So fulfill the measure and weight and do not deprive people of their due and cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation. That is better for you, if you should be believers.

وَلَا تَقۡعُدُواْ بِكُلِّ صِرَٰطٖ تُوعِدُونَ وَتَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ مَنۡ ءَامَنَ بِهِۦ وَتَبۡغُونَهَا عِوَجٗاۚ وَٱذۡكُرُوٓاْ إِذۡ كُنتُمۡ قَلِيلٗا فَكَثَّرَكُمۡۖ وَٱنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُفۡسِدِينَ ٨٦

Wa lā taqʿudū bikulli ṣirāṭin tūʿidūna wa taṣuddūna ʿan sabīlillāhi man āmana bihī wa tabghūnahā ʿiwajā, wadhkurū idh kuntum qalīlan fakaththarakum, wanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatul-mufsidīn.

And do not sit on every path, threatening and averting from the way of Allāh those who believe in Him, seeking to make it [seem] deviant. And remember when you were few and He increased you. And see how was the end of the corrupters.

وَإِن كَانَ طَآئِفَةٞ مِّنكُمۡ ءَامَنُواْ بِٱلَّذِيٓ أُرۡسِلۡتُ بِهِۦ وَطَآئِفَةٞ لَّمۡ يُؤۡمِنُواْ فَٱصۡبِرُواْ حَتَّىٰ يَحۡكُمَ ٱللَّهُ بَيۡنَنَاۚ وَهُوَ خَيۡرُ ٱلۡحَٰكِمِينَ ٨٧

Wa in kāna ṭāʾifatum minkum āmanū bil-ladhī ursiltu bihī wa ṭāʾifatul lam yuʾminū faṣbirū ḥattā yaḥkumallāhu baynanā, wa huwa khayrul-ḥākimīn.

And if there should be a group among you who has believed in that with which I have been sent and a group that has not believed, then be patient until Allāh judges between us. And He is the best of judges."

۞ وَإِلَىٰ مَدۡيَنَ أَخَاهُمۡ شُعَيۡبٗاۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَٰهٍ غَيۡرُهُۥۖ وَلَا تَنقُصُواْ ٱلۡمِكۡيَالَ وَٱلۡمِيزَانَۖ إِنِّيٓ أَرَىٰكُم بِخَيۡرٖ وَإِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٖ مُّحِيطٖ ٨٤

Wa ilā madyana akhāhum shuʿaybā, qāla yāqawmiʿbudullāha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruh, wa lā tanquṣul-mikyāla wal-mīzān, innī arākum bikhayriw wa innī akhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmim muḥīṭ.

And to Madyan [We sent] their brother Shuʿayb. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. And do not decrease from the measure and the scale. Indeed, I see you in prosperity, but indeed, I fear for you the punishment of an all-encompassing Day.

وَيَٰقَوۡمِ أَوۡفُواْ ٱلۡمِكۡيَالَ وَٱلۡمِيزَانَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِۖ وَلَا تَبۡخَسُواْ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشۡيَآءَهُمۡ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِينَ ٨٥

Wa yāqawmi awful-mikyāla wal-mīzāna bil-qisṭ, wa lā tabkhasun-nāsa ashyāʾahum wa lā taʿthaw fil-arḍi mufsidīn.

And O my people, give full measure and weight in justice and do not deprive the people of their due and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption.

بَقِيَّتُ ٱللَّهِ خَيۡرٞ لَّكُمۡ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَۚ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ عَلَيۡكُم بِحَفِيظٖ ٨٦

Baqiyyatullāhi khayrul lakum in kuntum muʾminīn, wa mā ana ʿalaykum biḥafīẓ.

What remains [lawful] from Allāh is best for you, if you would be believers. But I am not a guardian over you."

قَالُواْ يَٰشُعَيۡبُ أَصَلَوٰتُكَ تَأۡمُرُكَ أَن نَّتۡرُكَ مَا يَعۡبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَآ أَوۡ أَن نَّفۡعَلَ فِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِنَا مَا نَشَٰٓؤُاْۖ إِنَّكَ لَأَنتَ ٱلۡحَلِيمُ ٱلرَّشِيدُ ٨٧

Qālū yāshuʿaybu aṣalātuka taʾmuruka an natruka mā yaʿbudu ābāʾunā aw an nafʿala fī amwālinā mā nashāʾ, innaka laʾantal-ḥalīmur-rashīd.

They said, "O Shuʿayb, does your prayer [i.e., religion] command you that we should leave what our fathers worship or not do with our wealth what we please? Indeed, you are the forbearing, the discerning!"¹

قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّي وَرَزَقَنِي مِنۡهُ رِزۡقًا حَسَنٗاۚ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَنۡ أُخَالِفَكُمۡ إِلَىٰ مَآ أَنۡهَىٰكُمۡ عَنۡهُۚ إِنۡ أُرِيدُ إِلَّا ٱلۡإِصۡلَٰحَ مَا ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُۚ وَمَا تَوۡفِيقِيٓ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِۚ عَلَيۡهِ تَوَكَّلۡتُ وَإِلَيۡهِ أُنِيبُ ٨٨

Qāla yāqawmi araʾaytum in kuntu ʿalā bayyinatim mir rabbī wa razaqanī minhu rizqan ḥasanā, wa mā urīdu an ukhālifakum ilā mā anhākum ʿanh, in urīdu illal-iṣlāḥa mastaṭaʿt, wa mā tawfīqī illā billāh, ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wa ilayhi unīb.

He said, "O my people, have you considered: if I am upon clear evidence from my Lord and He has provided me with a good provision from Him...?¹ And I do not intend to differ from you in that which I have forbidden you; I only intend reform as much as I am able. And my success is not but through Allāh. Upon Him I have relied, and to Him I return.²

وَيَٰقَوۡمِ لَا يَجۡرِمَنَّكُمۡ شِقَاقِيٓ أَن يُصِيبَكُم مِّثۡلُ مَآ أَصَابَ قَوۡمَ نُوحٍ أَوۡ قَوۡمَ هُودٍ أَوۡ قَوۡمَ صَٰلِحٖۚ وَمَا قَوۡمُ لُوطٖ مِّنكُم بِبَعِيدٖ ٨٩

Wa yāqawmi lā yajrimannakum shiqāqī ay yuṣībakum mithlu mā aṣāba qawma nūḥin aw qawma hūdin aw qawma ṣāliḥ, wa mā qawmu lūṭim minkum bibaʿīd.

And O my people, let not [your] dissension from me cause you to be struck by that similar to what struck the people of Noah or the people of Hūd or the people of Ṣāliḥ. And the people of Lot are not from you far away.

وَٱسۡتَغۡفِرُواْ رَبَّكُمۡ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِۚ إِنَّ رَبِّي رَحِيمٞ وَدُودٞ ٩٠

Wastaghfirū rabbakum thumma tūbū ilayh, inna rabbī raḥīmuw wa dūd.

And ask forgiveness of your Lord and then repent to Him. Indeed, my Lord is Merciful and Affectionate."

كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَٰبُ لۡـَٔيۡكَةِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٧٦

Kadhdhaba aṣḥābul-aykatil-mursalīn.

The companions of the thicket [i.e., the people of Madyan] denied the messengers

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ شُعَيۡبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٧٧

Idh qāla lahum shuʿaybun alā tattaqūn.

When Shuʿayb said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?

إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٧٨

Innī lakum rasūlun amīn.

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٧٩

Fattaqullāha wa aṭīʿūn.

So fear Allāh and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٨٠

Wa mā asʾalukum ʿalayhi min ajr, in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbil-ʿālamīn.

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

۞ أَوۡفُواْ ٱلۡكَيۡلَ وَلَا تَكُونُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡسِرِينَ ١٨١

Awful-kayla wa lā takūnū minal-mukhsirīn.

Give full measure and do not be of those who cause loss.

وَزِنُواْ بِٱلۡقِسۡطَاسِ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمِ ١٨٢

Wazinū bil-qisṭāsil-mustaqīm.

And weigh with an even [i.e., honest] balance.

وَلَا تَبۡخَسُواْ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشۡيَآءَهُمۡ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِينَ ١٨٣

Wa lā tabkhasun-nāsa ashyāʾahum wa lā taʿthaw fil-arḍi mufsidīn.

And do not deprive people of their due and do not commit abuse on earth, spreading corruption.

وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُمۡ وَٱلۡجِبِلَّةَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٨٤

Wattaqul-ladhī khalaqakum wal-jibillatal-awwalīn.

And fear He who created you and the former creation."¹

وَإِلَىٰ مَدۡيَنَ أَخَاهُمۡ شُعَيۡبٗا فَقَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱرۡجُواْ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِينَ ٣٦

Wa ilā madyana akhāhum shuʿayban faqāla yāqawmiʿbudullāha warjul-yawmal-ākhira wa lā taʿthaw fil-arḍi mufsidīn.

And to Madyan [We sent] their brother Shuʿayb, and he said, "O my people, worship Allāh and expect the Last Day and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."

۞ قَالَ ٱلۡمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ مِن قَوۡمِهِۦ لَنُخۡرِجَنَّكَ يَٰشُعَيۡبُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَعَكَ مِن قَرۡيَتِنَآ أَوۡ لَتَعُودُنَّ فِي مِلَّتِنَاۚ قَالَ أَوَلَوۡ كُنَّا كَٰرِهِينَ ٨٨

Qālal-malaʾul-ladhīnastakbarū min qawmihī lanukhrijannaka yāshuʿaybu wal-ladhīna āmanū maʿaka min qaryatinā aw lataʿūdunna fī millatinā, qāla awalaw kunnā kārihīn.

Said the eminent ones who were arrogant among his people, "We will surely evict you, O Shuʿayb, and those who have believed with you from our city, or you must return to our religion." He said, "Even if we were unwilling?

قَدِ ٱفۡتَرَيۡنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا إِنۡ عُدۡنَا فِي مِلَّتِكُم بَعۡدَ إِذۡ نَجَّىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ مِنۡهَاۚ وَمَا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّعُودَ فِيهَآ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّنَاۚ وَسِعَ رَبُّنَا كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ عِلۡمًاۚ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوَكَّلۡنَاۚ رَبَّنَا ٱفۡتَحۡ بَيۡنَنَا وَبَيۡنَ قَوۡمِنَا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَأَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلۡفَٰتِحِينَ ٨٩

Qadiftaraynā ʿalallāhi kadhiban in ʿudnā fī millatikum baʿda idh najjānallāhu minhā, wa mā yakūnu lanā an naʿūda fīhā illā ay yashāʾallāhu rabbunā, wasiʿa rabbunā kulla shayʾin ʿilmā, ʿalallāhi tawakkalnā, rabbanaftaḥ baynanā wa bayna qawminā bil-ḥaqqi wa anta khayrul-fātiḥīn.

We would have invented against Allāh a lie if we returned to your religion after Allāh had saved us from it. And it is not for us to return to it except that Allāh, our Lord, should will. Our Lord has encompassed all things in knowledge. Upon Allāh we have relied. Our Lord, decide between us and our people in truth, and You are the best of those who give decision."

وَقَالَ ٱلۡمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن قَوۡمِهِۦ لَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعۡتُمۡ شُعَيۡبًا إِنَّكُمۡ إِذٗا لَّخَٰسِرُونَ ٩٠

Wa qālal-malaʾul-ladhīna kafarū min qawmihī laʾinittabaʿtum shuʿayban innakum idhal lakhāsirūn.

Said the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people, "If you should follow Shuʿayb, indeed, you would then be losers."

قَالُواْ يَٰشُعَيۡبُ مَا نَفۡقَهُ كَثِيرٗا مِّمَّا تَقُولُ وَإِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِينَا ضَعِيفٗاۖ وَلَوۡلَا رَهۡطُكَ لَرَجَمۡنَٰكَۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيۡنَا بِعَزِيزٖ ٩١

Qālū yāshuʿaybu mā nafqahu kathīram mimmā taqūlu wa innā lanarāka fīnā ḍaʿīfā, wa lawlā rahṭuka larajamnāk, wa mā anta ʿalaynā biʿazīz.

They said, "O Shuʿayb, we do not understand much of what you say, and indeed, we consider you among us as weak. And if not for your family, we would have stoned you [to death]; and you are not to us one respected."

قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ أَرَهۡطِيٓ أَعَزُّ عَلَيۡكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَٱتَّخَذۡتُمُوهُ وَرَآءَكُمۡ ظِهۡرِيًّاۖ إِنَّ رَبِّي بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ مُحِيطٞ ٩٢

Qāla yāqawmi arahṭī aʿazzu ʿalaykum minallāhi wattakhadhtumūhu warāʾakum ẓihriyyā, inna rabbī bimā taʿmalūna muḥīṭ.

He said, "O my people, is my family more respected for power by you than Allāh? But you put Him behind your backs [in neglect]. Indeed, my Lord is encompassing of what you do.

وَيَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡمَلُواْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمۡ إِنِّي عَٰمِلٞۖ سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ مَن يَأۡتِيهِ عَذَابٞ يُخۡزِيهِ وَمَنۡ هُوَ كَٰذِبٞۖ وَٱرۡتَقِبُوٓاْ إِنِّي مَعَكُمۡ رَقِيبٞ ٩٣

Wa yāqawmiʿmalū ʿalā makānatikum innī ʿāmil, sawfa taʿlamūna may yaʾtīhi ʿadhābuy yukhzīhi wa man huwa kādhib, wartaqibū innī maʿakum raqīb.

And O my people, work according to your position; indeed, I am working. You are going to know to whom will come a punishment that will disgrace him and who is a liar. So watch; indeed, I am with you a watcher, [awaiting the outcome]."

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ ١٨٥

Qālū innamā anta minal-musaḥḥarīn.

They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.

وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ ١٨٦

Wa mā anta illā basharum mithlunā wa in naẓunnuka laminal-kādhibīn.

You are but a man like ourselves, and indeed, we think you are among the liars.

فَأَسۡقِطۡ عَلَيۡنَا كِسَفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ١٨٧

Fa asqiṭ ʿalaynā kisafam minas-samāʾi in kunta minaṣ-ṣādiqīn.

So cause to fall upon us fragments of the sky, if you should be of the truthful."

قَالَ رَبِّيٓ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ١٨٨

Qāla rabbī aʿlamu bimā taʿmalūn.

He said, "My Lord is most knowing of what you do."

فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلرَّجۡفَةُ فَأَصۡبَحُواْ فِي دَارِهِمۡ جَٰثِمِينَ ٩١

Fa akhadhathumur-rajfatu fa aṣbaḥū fī dārihim jāthimīn.

So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ شُعَيۡبٗا كَأَن لَّمۡ يَغۡنَوۡاْ فِيهَاۚ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ شُعَيۡبٗا كَانُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰسِرِينَ ٩٢

Al-ladhīna kadhdhabū shuʿayban kaʾal lam yaghnaw fīhā, al-ladhīna kadhdhabū shuʿayban kānū humul-khāsirīn.

Those who denied Shuʿayb - it was as though they had never resided there. Those who denied Shuʿayb - it was they who were the losers.

فَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنۡهُمۡ وَقَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ لَقَدۡ أَبۡلَغۡتُكُمۡ رِسَٰلَٰتِ رَبِّي وَنَصَحۡتُ لَكُمۡۖ فَكَيۡفَ ءَاسَىٰ عَلَىٰ قَوۡمٖ كَٰفِرِينَ ٩٣

Fatawallā ʿanhum wa qāla yāqawmi laqad ablaghtukum risālāti rabbī wa naṣaḥtu lakum, fakayfa āsā ʿalā qawmin kāfirīn.

And he [i.e., Shuʿayb] turned away from them and said, "O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the messages of my Lord and advised you, so how could I grieve for a disbelieving people?"

وَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمۡرُنَا نَجَّيۡنَا شُعَيۡبٗا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحۡمَةٖ مِّنَّا وَأَخَذَتِ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ فَأَصۡبَحُواْ فِي دِيَٰرِهِمۡ جَٰثِمِينَ ٩٤

Wa lammā jāʾa amrunā najjaynā shuʿaybaw wal-ladhīna āmanū maʿahū biraḥmatim minnā wa akhadhatil-ladhīna ẓalamuṣ-ṣayḥatu fa aṣbaḥū fī diyārihim jāthimīn.

And when Our command came, We saved Shuʿayb and those who believed with him, by mercy from Us. And the shriek seized those who had wronged, and they became within their homes [corpses] fallen prone

كَأَن لَّمۡ يَغۡنَوۡاْ فِيهَآۗ أَلَا بُعۡدٗا لِّمَدۡيَنَ كَمَا بَعِدَتۡ ثَمُودُ ٩٥

Kaʾal lam yaghnaw fīhā, alā buʿdal limadyana kamā baʿidat thamūd.

As if they had never prospered therein. Then, away with Madyan as Thamūd was taken away.

وَإِن كَانَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأَيۡكَةِ لَظَٰلِمِينَ ٧٨

Wa in kāna aṣḥābul-aykati laẓālimīn.

And the companions of the thicket [i.e., the people of Madyan] were [also] wrongdoers,

فَٱنتَقَمۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٖ مُّبِينٖ ٧٩

Fantaqamnā minhum wa innahumā labiʾimāmim mubīn.

So We took retribution from them, and indeed, both [cities] are on a clear highway.

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٍ ١٨٩

Fakadhdhabūhu fa akhadhahum ʿadhābu yawmiẓ-ẓullah, innahū kāna ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīm.

And they denied him, so the punishment of the day of the black cloud seized them. Indeed, it was the punishment of a terrible day.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٩٠

Inna fī dhālika laʾāyah, wa mā kāna aktharuhum muʾminīn.

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٩١

Wa inna rabbaka lahuwal-ʿazīzur-raḥīm.

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلرَّجۡفَةُ فَأَصۡبَحُواْ فِي دَارِهِمۡ جَٰثِمِينَ ٣٧

Fakadhdhabūhu fa akhadhathumur-rajfatu fa aṣbaḥū fī dārihim jāthimīn.

But they denied him, so the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.