فَعَتَوْا عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ

Word by Word (2021) Translation

But they rebelled against (the) Command (of) their Lord, so seized them the thunderbolt while they were looking.

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Muhammad Asad

after they had turned with disdain from their Sustainer’s commandment - whereupon the thunderbolt of punishment overtook them while they were [helplessly] looking on

Arthur John Arberry

Then they turned in disdain from the commandment of their Lord, and the thunderbolt took them and they themselves beholdin

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

But they insolently defied the Command of their Lord: So the stunning noise (of an earthquake) seized them, even while they were looking on

Arabic

فَعَتَوۡا۟ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمۡ یَنظُرُونَ ۝٤٤

Transliteration (2021)

faʿataw ʿan amri rabbihim fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣāʿiqatu wahum yanẓurūn

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