Adh-Dhariyat (The Winnowing Winds)
Verse 44of 60
فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ﴿٤٤﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on.
Word-by-word meaning
فَعَتَوْا۟faʿatawBut they rebelled
عَنْʿanagainst
أَمْرِamri(the) Command
رَبِّهِمْrabbihim(of) their Lord
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُfa-akhadhathumuso seized them
ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُl-ṣāʿiqatuthe thunderbolt
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnawere looking
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
Lessons from the Destruction of Fir`awn, `Ad, Thamud, and the People of NuhAllah the Exalted said,وَفِى مُوسَى إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَـهُ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَـنٍ مُّبِينٍ(And in Musa, when We sent him to Fir`awn with a manifest authority.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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