Surah Adh-Dhariyat (الذاريات) • The Winnowing Winds

Quran 51:44

51:44

فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ

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

But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on.

— Saheeh International

but they rebelled against their Lord’s command, so the blast took them. They looked on helplessly:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

But they insolently defied the Command of their Lord, so the Sâ‘iqah overtook them while they were looking.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

فَعَتَوْا۟faʿatawBut they rebelled
عَنْʿanagainst
أَمْرِamri(the) Command
رَبِّهِمْrabbihim(of) their Lord
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُfa-akhadhathumuso seized them
ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُl-ṣāʿiqatuthe thunderbolt
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnawere looking