فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٍ ١٨٩
And they denied him, so the punishment of the day of the black cloud seized them. Indeed, it was the punishment of a terrible day.
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فَكَذَّبُوهُ But they denied him fakadhabūhu فَأَخَذَهُمۡ so seized them fa-akhadhahum عَذَابُ (the) punishment ʿadhābu يَوۡمِ (of the) day yawmi ٱلظُّلَّةِۚ (of) the shadow l-ẓulati إِنَّهُۥ Indeed, it innahu كَانَ was kāna عَذَابَ (the) punishment ʿadhāba يَوۡمٍ (of) a Day yawmin عَظِيمٍ Great ʿaẓīmin Tafsir They continued rejecting him and so a grave punishment afflicted them by way of a cloud appearing after a severely hot day. It rained a fire upon them that burned them. The day they were destroyed was an extremely horrific day.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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