So We seized the unbelievers. How great was the change I wrought in their condition then!

Then I seized the disbelievers; so how did denial My rejection turn out?

then I seized the unbelievers, and how was My horror!

[but] in the end I took to task all those who were bent on denying the truth: and how awesome was My rejection!

Then I took hold of those who disbelieved. So how terrible was My disapproval!

Then I took hold of those who disbelieved, and how terrible was My denial (punishment)!

Then I seized those who disbelieved—so how was My rejection?

Then I seized those who disbelieved—so how was My rejection?

Then I seized those who disbelieved—so how was My rejection?

Then I seized those who disbelieved—so how was My rejection?

Then I seized those who persisted in disbelief. How severe was My response!

Then I seized those who denied the Truth, and how terrible was My punishment!

Then I took hold of those who disbelieved, and how terrible was My denial!

Then seized I those who disbelieved, and how intense was My abhorrence!

Then I seized the faithless. So how was My rebuttal!

Then I seized those who disbelieved, and how was My rejection!

Then I seized the ones who disbelieved, and how [terrible] was My reproach.

so I seized the unbelievers and how terrible was their torment.

Then did I punish those who disbelieved, so how was the manifestation of My disapproval?

Thumma akhathtu allatheena kafaroo fakayfa kana nakeeri

thumma akhadhtu alladhīna kafarū fakayfa kāna nakīri

but in the end I seized those who were bent on denying the truth and how terrible was My punishment.

In the end did I punish those who rejected Faith: and how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)!