فَعَصَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ أَخْذًا وَبِيلًا
English Translation
But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a ruinous seizure.
English Transliteration
FaAAasa firAAawnu alrrasoola faakhathnahu akhthan wabeelan
Tafsir of Verse 16
but Pharaoh rebelled against the Messenger, so We seized him remorselessly.
But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger; so We seized him with a heavy Punishment.