So the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in their homes in the morning!

But the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in their homes before the morning!

And Moses chose seventy of his people for Our place of meeting: when they were seized with violent quaking, he prayed: "O my Lord! if it had been Thy will Thou couldst have destroyed, long before, both them and me: wouldst Thou destroy us for the deeds of the foolish ones among us? this is no more than Thy trial: by it Thou causest whom Thou wilt to stray, and Thou leadest whom Thou wilt into the right path. Thou art our Protector: so forgive us and give us Thy mercy; for Thou art the best of those who forgive.

But they rejected him: Then the mighty Blast seized them, and they lay prostrate in their homes by the morning.

于是，霹雳袭击了他们，一旦之间，他们都僵卧在各人的家里。

于是，地震袭击了他们，顷刻之间，他们都僵卧在各人的家里。

穆萨从他的宗族中拣选了七十个人来赴我的约会；当他们为地震所袭击的时候，他说：“我的主啊！假若你意欲，那末，以前你早已毁灭他们和我。难道你要为我们中的愚人的行为而毁灭我们吗？这只是你的考验，你借此使你意欲者误入歧途，使你意欲者走上正道。你是我们的保护者，故求你饶恕我们，慈悯我们。你是最善的饶恕者。

但他们否认他，地震就袭击了他们。顷刻之间，他们都僵卧在各人的家中。