← Surah 51

51:44

فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ

Word by word

فَعَتَوْا۟
But they rebelled
Verb
Root: عتو
عَنْ
against
Preposition
أَمْرِ
(the) Command
Noun
Root: أمر
رَبِّهِمْ
(of) their Lord
Noun
Root: ربب
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ
so seized them
Verb
Root: أخذ
ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ
the thunderbolt
Noun
Root: صعق
وَهُمْ
while they
Preposition
يَنظُرُونَ
were looking
Verb
Root: نظر

Translation

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

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

Onlarsa Rablerinin emrine karşı büyüklük tasladılar. Bunun üzerine kendilerini, bakıp dururlarken yıldırım yakalayıp, çarptı.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

Rablerinin emrine karşı gelmişlerdi. Bu yüzden, bakarlarken onları yıldırım çarpmıştı.

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

But they rebelled against their Lord's decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed;

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain