Surah 69 · verse 10
Al-Haqqah 69:10
Sign in to listenفَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
fa-'asaw rasul rabbihim fa-akhadhahum akhdat rabiya
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
Which Allah imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.
Verse 8فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّن بَاقِيَةٍ
Then do you see of them any remains?
Verse 9وَجَاءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَى الْمَاءُ حَمَلْنَاكُمْ فِي الْجَارِيَةِ
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship
Verse 12لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَا أُذُنٌ وَاعِيَةٌ
That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.
Verse 13فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
