Al-Qamar Verse 16

Then how ˹dreadful˺ were My punishment and warnings!

Then how were My punishment and My warnings?

How then were My chastisement and My warnings?

How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!

So how dreadful have been My torment and My warning!

But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning?

So how awesome were My chastisement and My warnings!

How was then My punishment and My commination!

So how did My punishment turn out, and My threats?

So how were My punishment and warnings?

But see how (severe) was My punishment and (how true) My warnings!

Then (behold!) how terrible was My punishment and (how true) My warning!

So how was My torture and My warnings/notices?

So how did My punishment turn out, and My threats?

How great was then My punishment after My warning!

Then how (terrible) was My Torment and My Warnings?

Then We opened the gates of heaven with water pouring down.

How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!

Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!

How terrible was My torment and the result of (their disregard) of My warning.

How then were My punishment and My warnings!

Then how (terrible) was My torment and My warnings

How terrible then was My punishment and My warning.

So how were My punishment and My warnings?

How [dreadful] then were My chastisement and My warnings? (this is an interrogative meant as an affirmative; kayfa, `how', is the predicate of kna, `was', and it is here being used to inquire about a `state'; the intention is to prompt those who are being addressed to affirm the fact that God's chastisement of those who denied Noah was fully deserved).

Then how (terrible) was My torment and My warnings?

means, `how terrible was My torment that I inflicted on those who disbelieved in Me and denied My Messengers, who did not heed to My warnings How was My help that I extended to My Messengers and the revenge exerted on their behalf,