# 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 44

- **Surah:** 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat (The Winnowing Winds) — سورة الذاريات
- **Verse:** 44 / 60 · **Juz:** 27 · **Mushaf page:** 521
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-44

## Arabic

فَعَتَوْا عَنْ اَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ

## Transcription

FaAAataw AAan amri rabbihim faakhathat-humuassaAAiqatu wahum yanthuroon

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

But they spurned their Lord’s command, so the Blast seized them as they looked.

### Progressive Muslims

But they rebelled against the command of their Lord. So the lightning struck them while they were looking.

### Shabbir Ahmed

But they defied their Lord's Commandment. Whereupon the thunder seized them while they looked on.

### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

But they scorned the command of their Lord, and the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on,

### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

But they rebelled against the command of their Lord. So the lightning struck them while they were looking.

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

They rebelled against the command of their Lord. Consequently, the lightning struck them as they looked.

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

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

### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

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

### Muhammad Asad

after they had turned with disdain from their Sustainer’s commandment - whereupon the thunderbolt of punishment overtook them while they were [helplessly] looking on:

### Marmaduke Pickthall

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

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

But they brazenly disobeyed their Lord’s command, and then a sudden chastisement[1] overtook them while they looked on.

_Footnotes_
- [1] Different words have been used for this torment at different places in the Quran. Somewhere it has been called rajafah (a frightful and shocking calamity), somewhere saihah (a crashing and thundering disaster), somewhere taghiyah (a most severe affliction) and here it has been described as saiqah (a calamity that strikes like a thunderbolt). Probably this torment was like an earthquake which was also accompanied by a terrible noise.

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

But they insolently defied the command of Allah, and were consequently destroyed by an overwhelming thunderous convulsion of the earth's surface produced by a natural force within the earth's crust in broad daylight.

### Bijan Moeinian

As they continued to challenge their Lord, they were overtaken by a sudden thunderbolt.

### Al-Hilali & Khan

But they insolently defied the Command of their Lord, so the Sâ‘iqah[1] overtook them while they were looking.

### 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.

### 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.

### Taqi Usmani

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

### Abdul Haleem

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

### Arthur John Arberry

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

### E. Henry Palmer

But they revolted against the bidding of their Lord; and the noise caught them as they looked on.

### 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.

### Mahmoud Ghali

Yet they rebelled against the Command of their Lord; so that stunning (thunderbolt) took them (away) (while) they were looking on.

### George Sale

But they insolently transgressed the command of their Lord: Wherefore a terrible noise from heaven assailed them, while they looked on;

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

But they angrily defied the Command of their Lord: So the stunning and destructive noise (of an earthquake) caught 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).

### Ali Quli Qarai

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

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

Rablerinin emrine itaattan çıktılar! Bunun üzerine onlar bakıp dururlarken kendilerini yıldırım yakalayıverdi.

### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı

Ancak Rablerinin emrine baş kaldırdılar; böylece bakıp dururlarken, onları yıldırım çarpıp yakaladı.

### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali

Buna rağmen Rablerinin emirlerine karşı geldiler de bakıp dururlarken onları yıldırım çarptı.

### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali

Derken Rablerinin emrinden uzaklaşıp azmışlardı. Bu yüzden bakınıp dururken kendilerini yıldırım çarpıvermişti.

### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Rablarının emrinden azgınlık ettiler, bu yüzden o saika kendilerini yakalayıverdi, bakınıp duruyorlardı

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

Rablerinin emrinden azgınlık ettiler (dışarı çıktılar), bu yüzden bakınıp dururlarken yıldırım kendilerini yakalayıverdi.

### Gültekin Onan

Ancak rablerinin buyruğuna baş kaldırdılar; böylece bakıp dururlarken, onları yıldırım çarpıp yakaladı.

### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim

Rablerinin emrinden uzaklaşıb azmışlardı. (Bu yüzden) kendilerine de göre göre, onları yıldırım tutuvermişdi.

### İbni Kesir

Onlar ise Rabblarının emrine başkaldırmışlardı, buyruğundan çıkmışlardı. Bunun üzerine kendilerini göz göre göre yıldırım çarpmıştı.

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

(çünkü) Rablerinin buyruğuna baş kaldırmışlardı; bunun üzerine, (ümitsizce) bakınıp dururlarken bir ceza şimşeği onları yakalamıştı,

### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı

Rab'lerinin emrinden çıkmışlar, bakıp dururlarken onları yıldırım çarpmıştı.

### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Rablerinin buyruğuna başkaldırdılar, bu yüzden onlar bakıp dururlarken, onları yıldırım yakaladı.

### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali

Daha sonra onlar, Rablerinin emrine kafa tuttular da gözleri baka baka yıldırım kendilerini yakaladı.

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

Nitekim onlar Rablerinin emrine karşı gelmişlerdi: Ve onlar bön bön bakarken, bir (bela) yıldırımı kendilerini enseleyiverdi;

### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Fakat Rabb'lerinin emrinden çıktılar. Bunun üzerine bakıp dururlarken yıldırım onları yakalayıverdi.

### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek

Yine de Efendilerinin buyruğuna karşı geldiler. Sonunda, onlar bakınırken ceza yıldırımı yakaladı.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Rablerinin (Sahiplerinin) emrinden uzaklaşıp büyüklenmişlerdi. Sonra göz göre göre onları yıldırımlar çarpmıştı.

### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir

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

### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Fakat Rabb'lerinin emrinden çıktılar. Bunun üzerine bakıp dururlarken yıldırım onları yakalayıverdi.

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

Fakat Rabb'lerinin emrinden çıktılar. Bunun üzerine bakıp dururlarken yıldırım onları yakalayıverdi.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

(Yapılan uyarılardan sonra) Rablerinin emrine başkaldırmışlardı. Bakıp dururlarken onları yıldırım çarptı[1].

_Footnotes_
- [1] İlgili ayetler birlikte okununca, bu kavmin başına gelen helakin, yıldırımlarla birlikte gelen gök gürültülerini ve sarsıntıları da içerdiği anlaşılmaktadır ([Hud 11/67,](https://quran.so/11/67) [Hicr 15/83](https://quran.so/15/83)-[84,](https://quran.so/15/84) [Fussilet 41/17,](https://quran.so/41/17) [Kamer 54/31,](https://quran.so/54/31) [Hakka 69/5](https://quran.so/69/5)).

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَعَتَوْا۟ — faʿataw | But they rebelled | عتو — Ayn-Te-Vav |
| 2 | عَنْ — ʿan | against | — |
| 3 | أَمْرِ — amri | (the) Command | امر — Elif-Mim-Ra |
| 4 | رَبِّهِمْ — rabbihim | (of) their Lord | ربب — Ra-Ba-Ba |
| 5 | فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ — fa-akhadhathumu | so seized them | اخذ — Elif-Kh-Zal |
| 6 | ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ — l-ṣāʿiqatu | the thunderbolt | صعق — Sad-Ayn-Kaf |
| 7 | وَهُمْ — wahum | while they | — |
| 8 | يَنظُرُونَ — yanẓurūna | were looking | نظر — Nun-Zay-Ra |

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