Surah Al-Muzzammil (المزمل) • The Enshrouded One

Quran 73:16

73:16

فَعَصَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ أَخْذًا وَبِيلًا

faʿaṣā fir'ʿawnu l-rasūla fa-akhadhnāhu akhdhan wabīlan

But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a ruinous seizure.

— Saheeh International

but Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger and so We inflicted a heavy punishment on him.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

But Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) disobeyed the Messenger [Mûsâ (Moses)]; so We seized him with a severe punishment.

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

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Word by Word

فَعَصَىٰfaʿaṣāBut disobeyed
فِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuFiraun
ٱلرَّسُولَl-rasūlathe Messenger
فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُfa-akhadhnāhuso We seized him
أَخْذًۭاakhdhan(with) a seizure
وَبِيلًۭاwabīlanruinous