Al-Qur'an Surah Adh-Dhariyat Verse 44

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Then they rebelled against the command of your Lord; so the thunderbolt (of divine punishment) seized them, while they were looking on.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Still they persisted in defying the commands of their Lord, so they were overtaken by a ˹mighty˺ blast while they were looking on.

Ruwwad Translation Center

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

A. J. Arberry

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

Abdul Haleem

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

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Then they disdained the command of their Lord; wherefore the bolt laid hold of them even while they looked on.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

Abul Ala Maududi

But they brazenly disobeyed their Lord's command, and then a sudden chastisement overtook them while they looked on.

Ahmed Ali

But they disobeyed the command of their Lord; so they were destroyed by a thunderbolt, and they could only gape,

Ahmed Raza Khan

In response they rebelled against their Lord’s command, so the thunderbolt seized them whilst they were watching.

Ali Quli Qarai

Then they defied the command of their Lord; so the thunderbolt seized them as they looked on.

Ali Ünal

But they rebelled against their Lord’s decree, so the thunderbolt (along with the blast) seized them, even while they were looking on.

Amatul Rahman Omar

But they disdainfully disobeyed the commandment of their Lord, so a thunderbolt struck them while they looked on (utterly confused).

English Literal

So they become arrogant/disobedient from their Lord`s order/command, so the death/destructive torture punished/took them, and (while) they are looking/watching .

Faridul Haque

In response they rebelled against their Lord’s command, so the thunderbolt seized them whilst they were watching.

Hamid S. Aziz

But they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the rumbling (thunderbolt or stunning noise of an earthquake) overtook them while they looked.

Hilali & Khan

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

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And in Thamud, when it was said to them: Enjoy yourselves for a while.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

But they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the rumbling overtook them while they saw.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

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

Muhammad Sarwar

They transgressed against the command of their Lord. So a blast of sound struck them and they were unable to do anything but stare.

Qaribullah & Darwish

But in their pride they turn away from the commandment of their Lord and the thunderbolt struck them whilst they were looking;

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

But they insolently defied the command of their Lord, so the Sa`iqah overtook them while they were looking.

Wahiduddin Khan

But they rebelled against the command of their Lord. So the thunderbolt overtook them while they looked on:

Talal Itani

But they defied the command of their Lord, so the lightning struck them as they looked on.

Tafsir jalalayn

Then they defied, they scorned, the command of their Lord, [refraining] from implementing it; so the thunderbolt, that is, the destructive cry, seized them, after the three days had passed, as they were looking around, in other words, [it seized them] in the daytime.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

And in Thamud, when they were told;"Enjoy yourselves for a while!" But they insolently defied the command of their Lord, so the Sa`iqah overtook them while they were looking.

Thamud were given a respite for three days, during which they await the torment. In the early morning of the fourth day, the torment overtook them