Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran - Surah Ash-Shu'ara, ayah 189

Translation of Surah Ash-Shu'ara, ayah 189 (26:189)

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٍ ١٨٩

So they rejected him, and ˹so˺ were overtaken by the torment of the day of the ˹deadly˺ cloud.¹ That was really a torment of a tremendous day.

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They were targeted by scorching heat, so they did not know where to go. Finally, a soothing cloud appeared in the sky, so they rushed to it for shade, then the cloud rained torment upon them, as they had requested.