"And in Thamud" [51:43], and it is like the first [instance], "when it was said to them: Enjoy yourselves for a while" [51:43], until your appointed times without punishment if you believe, but if you disobey, you will be punished. "But they were insolent against the command of their Lord" [51:44], meaning they abandoned His command, "so the thunderbolt seized them" [51:44], meaning the punishment, "while they were looking on" [51:44], at the punishment.