5151 See n. 1047 to
7:78, and Cf. the same phrase "single Blast" used for the signal for the Resurrection in
36:53. In the case of Thamud, the destruction seems to have been by a severe earthquake accompanied with a terrible rumbling noise. 5152 They became like dry sticks such as are used by herdsmen in making pens or enclosures for their cattle.