فَأَعۡرَضُواْ فَأَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ سَيۡلَ ٱلۡعَرِمِ وَبَدَّلۡنَٰهُم بِجَنَّتَيۡهِمۡ جَنَّتَيۡنِ ذَوَاتَيۡ أُكُلٍ خَمۡطٖ وَأَثۡلٖ وَشَيۡءٖ مِّن سِدۡرٖ قَلِيلٖ ١٦
Fa a'radū fa arsalnā 'alayhim saylal-'arimi wabaddalnāhum bijannatayhim jannatayni dhawātay ukulin khamtin wa athlin washay'im min sidrin qalīl
But they turned away [refusing], so We sent upon them the flood of the dam,1224 and We replaced their two [fields of] gardens with gardens of bitter fruit, tamarisks and something of sparse lote trees.
Footnotes
1224 i.e., caused by a break in their dam. Another meaning is "the overwhelming flood."