فَأَعۡرَضُواْ فَأَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ سَيۡلَ ٱلۡعَرِمِ وَبَدَّلۡنَٰهُم بِجَنَّتَيۡهِمۡ جَنَّتَيۡنِ ذَوَاتَيۡ أُكُلٍ خَمۡطٖ وَأَثۡلٖ وَشَيۡءٖ مِّن سِدۡرٖ قَلِيلٖ ١٦
Fa aʿraḍū fa arsalnā ʿalayhim saylal-ʿarimi wa baddalnāhum bijannatayhim jannatayni dhawātay ukulin khamṭiw wa athliw wa shayʾim min sidrin qalīl.
But they turned away [refusing], so We sent upon them the flood of the dam,1 and We replaced their two [fields of] gardens with gardens of bitter fruit, tamarisks and something of sparse lote trees.
Translation: Sahih International
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., caused by a break in their dam. Another meaning is "the overwhelming flood."