Which He sent to assail them for seven nights and eight days running. You should have seen the people prostrate like the decayed trunks of date-palm trees.
Shakir
Which He made to prevail against them for seven nights and eight days unremittingly, so that you might have seen the people therein prostrate as if they were the trunks of hollow palms.
Ahmed Raza Khan
وہ ان پر قوت سے لگادی سات راتیں اور آٹھ دن (ف۶) لگاتار تو ان لوگوں کو ان میں (ف۷) دیکھو بچھڑے ہوئے (ف۸) گویا وہ کھجور کے ڈھنڈ (سوکھے تنے) ہیں گرے ہوئے،