Al-Haaqqa • EN-TAFSIR-IBN-ABBAS
﴿ 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.