Troops fired stun grenades.

A universe appears, an entire universe.

Soldiers fired back with stun grenades.

Uh... Perhaps it was meant to be a thunderbolt and there was no thunder available, say.

And then suddenly, bang! A universe appears, an entire universe.

Spittin' rhymes that hit you like a lightning strike

Spittin' rhymes that'll hit you like a lightning strike

He gets tied up to the shock apparatus in another room.

I was never so surprised in my life. It came like a bolt from the blue.

You murdered 'em, baby. You knocked 'em flat with a celestial bolt.

And in far off Asia, the Temple of Ephesus was struck by lightning and burnt to the ground.

And early on, a lightning bolt hit a tree 20 paces away from us.

Vernor Vinge's notion of a technological singularity, where a number of trends accelerate and converge and come together to create, really, a shockingly new reality.

When you are brought up as a Catholic, you think that if you ever set foot in a Protestant Church, you'll be struck dead at the threshold.

We could do work on the sea floor that would be stunning, and it would be on live TV, if we have interesting things to show.

Each lightning bolt heats the air to 44,000 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than the surface of the Sun.

As for the ( tribe of ) Thamud , We tried to guide them , but they preferred blindness to guidance then they were seized by the torment of a humiliating punishment as requital for their misdeeds

And regarding the Thamud , We showed them the right path so they chose to be blind above being guided , therefore the thunderbolt of the disgraceful punishment overcame them the recompense of their deeds .

As for Thamood , We guided them , but they preferred blindness above guidance , so the thunderbolt of the chastisement of humiliation seized them for that they were earning .

And as for the tribe of the Thamud We guided them but they preferred blindness to the guidance , wherefore the bolt of the torment of abjection laid hold of them because of that which they had been earning .

And as for Thamud , We showed and made clear to them the Path of Truth ( Islamic Monotheism ) through Our Messenger , ( i.e. showed them the way of success ) , but they preferred blindness to guidance , so the Sa 'iqah ( a destructive awful cry , torment , hit , a thunderbolt ) of disgracing torment seized them , because of what they used to earn .

And as for Thamood , We guided them , but they preferred blindness over guidance . So the thunderbolt of the humiliating punishment seized them , because of what they used to earn .

As for Thamud , We bestowed guidance upon them , but they preferred to remain blind rather than be guided . At last a humiliating scourge overtook them on account of their misdeeds .

And as for Thamud , We gave them guidance , but they preferred blindness to the guidance , so the bolt of the doom of humiliation overtook them because of what they used to earn .

As for the people of Thamud , We guided them , but they preferred blindness to guidance . So the bolt of a humiliating punishment seized them because of what they used to earn .

As for Thamood , We ( offered ) them Our Guidance , but they preferred blindness to guidance . So a thunderbolt of the humiliating punishment seized them because of what they had earned

And as for Thamud , We guided them , but they preferred blindness over guidance , so the thunderbolt of humiliating punishment seized them for what they used to earn .

We sent guidance to the people of Thamud but they preferred blindness to guidance so a humiliating blast of torment struck them for their evil deeds .

And as to Samood , We showed them the right way , but they chose error above guidance , so there overtook them the scourge of an abasing chastisement for what they earned .

As for the Thamud We offered them Our guidance , but they preferred blindness to guidance . So the lightning bolt of the punishment of humiliation seized them on account of their misdeeds .

As to the Thamud , We gave them Guidance , but they preferred blindness ( of heart ) to Guidance so the stunning Punishment of humiliation seized them , because of what they had earned .

But they were seized by the mighty blast towards the morning

And all that they had done ( for security ) availed them nothing .

So the scream overcame them at morning .

Therefore their earnings did not in the least benefit them .

and the Cry seized them in the morning

that they earned did not avail them .

Then the shout took hold of them in the early morn .

Then availed them not that which they had been earning .

But As Saihah ( torment awful cry etc . ) overtook them in the early morning ( of the fourth day of their promised punishment days ) .

And all that which they used to earn availed them not .

But the Blast struck them in the morning .

All they had acquired was of no avail to them .

Then the Blast caught them in the morning

and whatever they had been earning proved of no avail .