فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةًۭ رَّابِيَةً
Fa'ansaw Rasoola Rabbihim fa akhazahum akhzatar raabiyah
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
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Lessons from past peoples
69:10Ayah 152
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Then they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord namely Lot and others so He seized them with a devastating blow one surpassing others in its severity.
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some people raided the she-camels of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) , so the Prophet(ﷺ) cut off their hands and feet (on opposite sides) and lanced (gouged out) their eyes.
Some people raided the camels of the Messenger of Allah . He had their hands and feet cut off and their eyes gouged out.
similar to Shu'bah (#3948) and he added: "And 'Usayyah has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger."
Once Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) gave a letter to a person and ordered him to go and deliver it to the Governor of
Bahrain. (He did so) and the Governor of Bahrain sent it to Chousroes, who read that letter and then
tore it to pieces. (The sub-narrator (Ibn Shihab) thinks that Ibn Al-Musaiyab said that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
invoked Allah against them (saying), "May Allah tear them into pieces, and disperse them all totally.)"
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Qilabah through a different chain of narrators on the authority of 'Imran b. Husain to the same effect. But in this version he did not mention "He spoke severely of them."
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