﴿ فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةًۭ رَّابِيَةً ﴾

“and rebelled against their Sustainer's apostles: and so He took them to task with a punishing grasp exceedingly severe!”

(And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord) Moses, (therefore did He grip them with a tightening grip) therefore He punished them with a severe punishment.