48وَما نُريهِم مِن آيَةٍ إِلّا هِيَ أَكبَرُ مِن أُختِها ۖ وَأَخَذناهُم بِالعَذابِ لَعَلَّهُم يَرجِعونَAli UnalWe displayed to them sign after sign, each greater than the other, and We seized them with (diverse forms of) punishment1 so that they might turn back (from the way they followed).For the kinds of punishment with which God seized the Pharaoh and his people, see 7: 130–133.