فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً 
  FaAAa s aw rasoola rabbihim faakha th ahum akh th atan r a biya tan      and rebelled against their Sustainer's apostles: and so He took    them to task with a punishing grasp exceedingly severe!
   - Mohammad Asad
     
and disobeyed the Rasools of their Rabb, so He gripped them with    a tight grip.
   - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
   each disobeying their Lord's messenger, so He seized them with a crushing grip.
   - Mustafa Khattab
     
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He    grip them with a tightening grip.
   - Marmaduke Pickthall
   And disobeyed (each) the apostle of their Lord; so He punished    them with an abundant Penalty.
   - Abdullah Yusuf Ali