Az-Zukhruf Verse 55

So when they enraged Us, We inflicted punishment upon them, drowning them all.

When they angered Us, We exacted Our retribution and drowned them all,

So, when they had angered Us, We took vengeance on them, and We drowned them all together;

When they provoked Us, We punished and drowned them all:

So when they vexed Us, We took vengeance on them, and We drowned them all.

When at length they provoked Us, We exacted retribution from them, and We drowned them all.

So when they incurred Our wrath, We exacted retribution from them, and drowned them all,

But when they roused Our anger We inflicted retributive punishment and drowned them all,

So when they made Us wrathful, We took revenge from them – We therefore drowned all of them.

So when they roused Our wrath, We took vengeance on them and drowned them all.

So finally when they incurred Our condemnation, We took retribution on them, and We caused them to drown all together.

And no sooner did they displease Us (with their wicked ways) than We punished them and drowned them all together.

So when they made Us angry/sad , We revenged from/punished them, so We drowned/sunk them all/all together.

So when they made Us wrathful, We took revenge from them - We therefore drowned all of them.

Then when they displeased Us, We inflicted a retribution on them, so We drowned them every one,

So when they angered Us, We punished them, and drowned them all.

So he incited his people to levity and they obeyed him. Surely they were a transgressing people.

Then when they displeased Us, We inflicted a retribution on them, so We drowned them all together,

So, when they angered Us, We punished them and drowned them every one.

We took revenge on them by drowning them all together.

And when they angered Us, We took vengeance on them and drowned all of them,

So when they angered Us, We punished them, and drowned them all.

Then when they provoked Our wrath, We took revenge on them and drowned every one of them.

And when they provoked Our wrath, We took retribution from them, and We drowned them all.

So when they had angered Us, We took vengeance on them and drowned them all.

So when they angered Us, We punished them, and drowned them all.

Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said it means;

"When they angered Us means, they provoked Our wrath."

Ad-Dahhak said, it means

"They made Us angry."

This was also the view of Ibn Abbas, Mujahid, Ikrimah, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Muhammad bin Ka`b Al-Qurazi, Qatadah, As-Suddi and other scholars of Tafsir.

Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that Uqbah bin `Amir, may Allah be pleased with him, said that the Messenger of Allah said;

إِذَا رَأَيْتَ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى يُعْطِي الْعَبْدَ مَا يَشَاءُ وَهُوَ مُقِيمٌ عَلى مَعَاصِيهِ فَإِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ اسْتِدْرَاجٌ مِنْهُ لَه


When you see that Allah gives a person what he wants even though he is persisting in sin, that means that Allah is enticing him into destruction.

Then he recited;
فَلَمَّا اسَفُونَا انتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
(So when they angered Us, We punished them, and drowned them all).

It was reported that Tariq bin Shihab said,

"I was with Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with him, and the issue of sudden death was mentioned. He said, `It is a relief for the believer and a source of regret for the disbeliever.'

Then he recited the Ayah;
فَلَمَّا اسَفُونَا انتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
(So when they angered Us, We punished them, and drowned them all)."

Umar bin Abdul-Aziz, may Allah be pleased with him, said,

"I found that punishment comes with negligence, meaning the Ayah;
فَلَمَّا اسَفُونَا انتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
(So when they angered Us, We punished them, and drowned them all)."

فَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ سَلَفًا وَمَثَلً لِلْخِرِينَ