فَعَصَوۡاْ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ أَخۡذَةٗ رَّابِيَةً ١٠
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- فَعَصَوۡاْAnd they disobeyedfaʿaṣaw
- رَسُولَ(the) Messengerrasūla
- رَبِّهِمۡ(of) their Lordrabbihim
- فَأَخَذَهُمۡso He seized themfa-akhadhahum
- أَخۡذَةٗ(with) a seizureakhdhatan
- رَّابِيَةًexceedingrābiyatan
Tafsir
Each of them disobeyed their Messengers who were sent to them and rejected them, so Allah seized them with a seizing that exceeded the force required to destroy them.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran