Sura al-Baqara 2:55

وَإِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَٰمُوسَىٰ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ نَرَى ٱللَّـهَ جَهْرَةً فَأَخَذَتْكُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ

wa-idh qultum yā-mūsā lan nuʾmina la-ka ḥattā narā allāha jahratan fa-akhadhatkumu l-ṣāʿiqatu wa-antum tanẓurūna

And remember ye said: "O Moses! We shall never believe in thee until we see Allah manifestly," but ye were dazed with thunder and lighting even as ye looked on.

Sura al-Baqara 2:206

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُ ٱتَّقِ ٱللَّـهَ أَخَذَتْهُ ٱلْعِزَّةُ بِٱلْإِثْمِ فَحَسْبُهُۥ جَهَنَّمُ وَلَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ

wa-idhā qīla lahu ittaqi allāha akhadhathu l-ʿizzatu bi-l-ithmi faḥasbuhu jahannamu wa-la-biʾsa l-mihādu

When it is said to him, "Fear Allah", He is led by arrogance to (more) crime. Enough for him is Hell;-An evil bed indeed (To lie on)!

Sura al-Baqara 2:255

ٱللَّـهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ لَا تَأْخُذُهُۥ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَىْءٍ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّا بِمَا شَآءَ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَا يَـُٔودُهُۥ حِفْظُهُمَا وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

allāhu lā ilāha illā huwa l-ḥayyu l-qayyūmu lā takhudhuhu sinatun wa-lā nawmun lahu mā fī l-samāwāti wa-mā fī l-arḍi man dhā alladhī yashfaʿu ʿindahu illā bi-idhnihi yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wa-mā khalfahum wa-lā yuḥīṭūna bi-shayʾin min ʿilmihi illā bi-mā shāʾa wasiʿa kursīyuhu l-samāwāti wa-l-arḍa wa-lā yaʾūduhu ḥifẓuhumā wa-huwa l-ʿaliyyu l-ʿaẓīmu

Allah! There is no god but He,-the Living, the Self-subsisting, Eternal. No slumber can seize Him nor sleep. His are all things in the heavens and on earth. Who is there can intercede in His presence except as He permitteth? He knoweth what (appeareth to His creatures as) before or after or behind them. Nor shall they compass aught of His knowledge except as He willeth. His Throne doth extend over the heavens and the earth, and He feeleth no fatigue in guarding and preserving them for He is the Most High, the Supreme (in glory).

Sura al-Nisāʾ 4:21

وَكَيْفَ تَأْخُذُونَهُۥ وَقَدْ أَفْضَىٰ بَعْضُكُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ وَأَخَذْنَ مِنكُم مِّيثَٰقًا غَلِيظًا

wa-kayfa taʾkhudhūnahu wa-qad afḍa baʿḍukum ilā baʿḍin wa-akhadhna minkum mīthāqan ghalīẓan

And how could ye take it when ye have gone in unto each other, and they have Taken from you a solemn covenant?

Sura al-Nisāʾ 4:153

يَسْـَٔلُكَ أَهْلُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ أَن تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ كِتَٰبًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَقَدْ سَأَلُوا۟ مُوسَىٰٓ أَكْبَرَ مِن ذَٰلِكَ فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَرِنَا ٱللَّـهَ جَهْرَةً فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ بِظُلْمِهِمْ ثُمَّ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ ٱلْعِجْلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتُ فَعَفَوْنَا عَن ذَٰلِكَ وَءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ سُلْطَٰنًا مُّبِينًا

yasʾaluka ahlu l-kitābi an tunazzila ʿalayhim kitāban mina l-samāʾi fa-qad sāʾalū mūsā akbara min dhālika fa-qālū arinā allāha jahratan fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣāʿiqatu bi-ẓulmihim thumma ittakhadhū l-ʿijla min baʿdi mā jāʾathumu l-bayyinātu fa-ʿafawnā ʿan dhālika wa-ātaynā mūsā sulṭānan mubīnan

The people of the Book ask thee to cause a book to descend to them from heaven: Indeed they asked Moses for an even greater (miracle), for they said: "Show us Allah in public," but they were dazed for their presumption, with thunder and lightning. Yet they worshipped the calf even after clear signs had come to them; even so we forgave them; and gave Moses manifest proofs of authority.

Sura al-Aʿrāf 7:78

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ

fa-akhadhathumu l-rajfatu fa-aṣbaḥū fī dārihim jāthimīna

So the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in their homes in the morning!

Sura al-Aʿrāf 7:91

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ

fa-akhadhathumu l-rajfatu fa-aṣbaḥū fī dārihim jāthimīna

But the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in their homes before the morning!

Sura al-Aʿrāf 7:155

وَٱخْتَارَ مُوسَىٰ قَوْمَهُۥ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا لِّمِيقَٰتِنَا فَلَمَّآ أَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ قَالَ رَبِّ لَوْ شِئْتَ أَهْلَكْتَهُم مِّن قَبْلُ وَإِيَّٰىَ أَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ مِنَّآ إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا فِتْنَتُكَ تُضِلُّ بِهَا مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَهْدِى مَن تَشَآءُ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْغَٰفِرِينَ

wa-akhtāra mūsā qawmahu sabʿīna rajulan li-mīqātinā fa-lammā akhadhathumu l-rajfatu qalā rabbi law shiʾta ahlaktahum min qablu wa-iyyāya atuhlikunā bi-mā faʿala l-sufahāʾu minnā in hiya illā fitnatuka tuḍillu bihā man tashāʾu wa-tahdī man tashāʾu anta waliyyunā fa-ighfir la-nā wa-irḥamnā wa-anta khayru l-ghāfirīna

And Moses chose seventy of his people for Our place of meeting: when they were seized with violent quaking, he prayed: "O my Lord! if it had been Thy will Thou couldst have destroyed, long before, both them and me: wouldst Thou destroy us for the deeds of the foolish ones among us? this is no more than Thy trial: by it Thou causest whom Thou wilt to stray, and Thou leadest whom Thou wilt into the right path. Thou art our Protector: so forgive us and give us Thy mercy; for Thou art the best of those who forgive.

Sura Yūnus 10:24

إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا كَمَآءٍ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَٱخْتَلَطَ بِهِۦ نَبَاتُ ٱلْأَرْضِ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمُ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَخَذَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ زُخْرُفَهَا وَٱزَّيَّنَتْ وَظَنَّ أَهْلُهَآ أَنَّهُمْ قَٰدِرُونَ عَلَيْهَآ أَتَىٰهَآ أَمْرُنَا لَيْلًا أَوْ نَهَارًا فَجَعَلْنَٰهَا حَصِيدًا كَأَن لَّمْ تَغْنَ بِٱلْأَمْسِ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلْأَيَٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

innamā mathalu l-ḥayāti l-dunyā ka-māʾin anzalnāhu mina l-samāʾi fa-ikhtalaṭa bihi nabātu l-arḍi mimmā yakulu l-nāsu wa-l-anʿāmu ḥatta idhā akhadhati l-arḍu zukhrufahā wa-azzayyanat wa-ẓanna ahluhā annahum qādirūna ʿalayhā atahā amrunā laylan aw nahāran fa-jaʿalnāhā ḥaṣīdan ka-an lam taghna bil-amsi ka-dhālika nufaṣṣilu l-ayāti li-qawmin yatafakkarūna

The likeness of the life of the present is as the rain which We send down from the skies: by its mingling arises the produce of the earth- which provides food for men and animals: (It grows) till the earth is clad with its golden ornaments and is decked out (in beauty): the people to whom it belongs think they have all powers of disposal over it: There reaches it Our command by night or by day, and We make it like a harvest clean-mown, as if it had not flourished only the day before! thus do We explain the Signs in detail for those who reflect.

Sura Hūd 11:94

وَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا شُعَيْبًا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَأَخَذَتِ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دِيَٰرِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ

wa-lammā jāa amrunā najjaynā shuʿayban wa-lladhīna āmanū maʿahu bi-raḥmaṭin minnā wa-akhadhati lladhīna ẓalamū l-ṣayḥatu fa-aṣbaḥū fī diyārihim jāthimīna

When Our decree issued, We saved Shu'aib and those who believed with him, by (special) mercy from Ourselves: But the (mighty) blast did seize the wrong-doers, and they lay prostrate in their homes by the morning,-

Sura al-Ḥijr 15:73

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ

fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣayḥatu mushriqīna

But the (mighty) Blast overtook them before morning,

Sura al-Ḥijr 15:83

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ

fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣayḥatu muṣbiḥīna

But the (mighty) Blast seized them of a morning,

Sura al-Naḥl 16:68

وَأَوْحَىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى ٱلنَّحْلِ أَنِ ٱتَّخِذِى مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا وَمِنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعْرِشُونَ

wa-awḥa rabbuka ilā l-naḥli ani attakhidhī mina l-jibāli buyūtan wa-mina l-shajari wa-mimmā yaʿrishūna

And thy Lord taught the Bee to build its cells in hills, on trees, and in (men's) habitations;

Sura Maryam 19:17

فَٱتَّخَذَتْ مِن دُونِهِمْ حِجَابًا فَأَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا

fa-ittakhadhat min dūnihim ḥijāban fa-arsalnā ilayhā rūḥanā fa-tamaththala lahā basharan sawiyyan

She placed a screen (to screen herself) from them; then We sent her our angel, and he appeared before her as a man in all respects.

Sura al-Muʾminūn 23:41

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ غُثَآءً فَبُعْدًا لِّلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣayḥatu bil-ḥaqqi fa-jaʿalnāhum ghuthāʾan fa-buʿdan lil-qawmi l-ẓālimīna

Then the Blast overtook them with justice, and We made them as rubbish of dead leaves (floating on the stream of Time)! So away with the people who do wrong!

Sura al-Nūr 24:2

ٱلزَّانِيَةُ وَٱلزَّانِى فَٱجْلِدُوا۟ كُلَّ وَٰحِدٍ مِّنْهُمَا مِا۟ئَةَ جَلْدَةٍ وَلَا تَأْخُذْكُم بِهِمَا رَأْفَةٌ فِى دِينِ ٱللَّـهِ إِن كُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّـهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْأَخِرِ وَلْيَشْهَدْ عَذَابَهُمَا طَآئِفَةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

l-zāniyatu wa-l-zānī fa-ijlidū kulla wāḥidin minhumā miʾata jaldatin wa-lā takhudhkum bihimā raʾfatun fī dīni allāhi in kuntum tuʾminūna billāhi wa-l-yawmi l-akhiri wa-l-yashhad ʿadhābahumā ṭāʾifatun mina l-muʾminīna

The woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication,- flog each of them with a hundred stripes: Let not compassion move you in their case, in a matter prescribed by Allah, if ye believe in Allah and the Last Day: and let a party of the Believers witness their punishment.

Sura al-ʿAnkabūt 29:37

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ

fa-kadhdhabūhu fa-akhadhathumu l-rajfatu fa-aṣbaḥū fī dārihim jāthimīna

But they rejected him: Then the mighty Blast seized them, and they lay prostrate in their homes by the morning.

Sura al-ʿAnkabūt 29:40

فَكُلًّا أَخَذْنَا بِذَنۢبِهِۦ فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ حَاصِبًا وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ أَخَذَتْهُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ خَسَفْنَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ أَغْرَقْنَا وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّـهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

fakullan akhadhnā bi-dhanbihi fa-minhum man arsalnā ʿalayhi ḥāṣiban wa-minhum man akhadhathu l-ṣayḥatu wa-minhum man khasafnā bihi l-arḍa wa-minhum man aghraqnā wa-mā kāna allāhu li-yaẓlimahum wa-lākin kānū anfusahum yaẓlimūna

Each one of them We seized for his crime: of them, against some We sent a violent tornado (with showers of stones); some were caught by a (mighty) Blast; some We caused the earth to swallow up; and some We drowned (in the waters): It was not Allah Who injured (or oppressed) them:" They injured (and oppressed) their own souls.

Sura al-ʿAnkabūt 29:41

مَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّـهِ أَوْلِيَآءَ كَمَثَلِ ٱلْعَنكَبُوتِ ٱتَّخَذَتْ بَيْتًا وَإِنَّ أَوْهَنَ ٱلْبُيُوتِ لَبَيْتُ ٱلْعَنكَبُوتِ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ

mathalu lladhīna ittakhadhū min dūni allāhi awliyāʾa ka-mathali l-ʿankabūti ittakhadhat baytan wa-inna awhana l-buyūti la-baytu l-ʿankabūti law kānū yaʿlamūna

The parable of those who take protectors other than Allah is that of the spider, who builds (to itself) a house; but truly the flimsiest of houses is the spider's house;- if they but knew.

Sura Yā Sin 36:49

مَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً تَأْخُذُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَخِصِّمُونَ

mā yanẓurūna illā ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan takhudhuhum wa-hum yakhiṣṣimūna

They will not (have to) wait for aught but a single Blast: it will seize them while they are yet disputing among themselves!

Sura Fuṣṣilat 41:17

وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَٰهُمْ فَٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟ ٱلْعَمَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ صَٰعِقَةُ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْهُونِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

wa-ammā thamūdu fa-hadaynāhum fa-istaḥabbū l-ʿamā ʿalā l-hudā fa-akhadhathum ṣāʿiqatu l-ʿadhābi l-hūni bi-mā kānū yaksibūna

As to the Thamud, We gave them Guidance, but they preferred blindness (of heart) to Guidance: so the stunning Punishment of humiliation seized them, because of what they had earned.

Sura al-Dhāriyāt 51:44

فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ

faʿataw ʿan amri rabbihim fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣāʿiqatu wa-hum yanẓurūna

But they insolently defied the Command of their Lord: So the stunning noise (of an earthquake) seized them, even while they were looking on.