Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
and Pharaoh rebelled against the apostle, whereupon We took him to task with a crushing grip
Arthur John Arberry
but Pharaoh rebelled against the Messenger, so We seized him remorselessly
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger; so We seized him with a heavy Punishment
Arabic
فَعَصَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنُ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذۡنَـٰهُ أَخۡذࣰا وَبِیلࣰا ١٦
Transliteration (2021)
faʿaṣā fir'ʿawnu l-rasūla fa-akhadhnāhu akhdhan wabīla