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Muhammad Asad   
and so the blast [of Our punishment] overtook them at early morn
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
But the ˹mighty˺ blast overtook them in the morning,
Safi Kaskas   
The blast [of Our punishment] overtook them early in the morning,

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Arabic   
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِين
Transliteration (2021)   
fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣayḥatu muṣ'biḥīn
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
But seized them the awful cry (at) early morning,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
and so the blast [of Our punishment] overtook them at early morn
M. M. Pickthall   
But the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the morning hour
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
But the (mighty) Blast seized them of a morning
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
But the ˹mighty˺ blast overtook them in the morning,
Safi Kaskas   
The blast [of Our punishment] overtook them early in the morning,
Wahiduddin Khan   
the blast overtook them early one morning
Shakir   
So the rumbling overtook them in the morning
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
but the Cry took them in that which is morning.
T.B.Irving   
So the Blast caught them early one morning
Abdul Hye   
But the awful blast overtook them in the early morning
The Study Quran   
Yet the Cry seized them in the morning
Dr. Kamal Omar   
But (when they transgressed beyond limits) As-Saiha overtook them while they were about to witness the morning
Farook Malik   
But the mighty blast seized them one morning, and all their labor of building their homes through carving the rocks did not avail them
Talal A. Itani (new translation)   
But the Blast struck them in the morning
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
So the Shout took them (away) in the (early) morning
Muhammad Sarwar   
An explosion struck them in the morning
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
Then, the Cry seized them by the morning
Shabbir Ahmed   
And so the blast (of Our Requital) overtook them early in the morning
Dr. Munir Munshey   
A mighty blast grabbed them in the morning
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
But the blast (explosion) overtook them on, early in the morning
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
But the shriek seized them at early morning
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
So the scream took them in the morning
Abdel Haleem   
the blast overwhelmed them early in the morning
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Then the shout took hold of them in the early morn
Ahmed Ali   
But they were seized by the mighty blast towards the morning
Aisha Bewley   
but the Great Blast seized hold of them in the morning,
Ali Ünal   
But the awful blast seized them in the morning
Ali Quli Qara'i   
So the Cry seized them at dawn
Hamid S. Aziz   
But the mighty blast seized them in the morning
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
But the awesome roar took them in the morning
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
But the mighty blast seized them one morning
Musharraf Hussain   
until the Blast overtook them at dawn;
Maududi   
Then the Blast caught them in the mornin
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
So the scream took them in the morning.
Mohammad Shafi   
So the terribly rumbling sound seized them in the morning

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Then the roaring voice overtook them in the morning.
Rashad Khalifa   
The disaster hit them in the morning.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
But the Shout seized them in the morning
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
So the cry overtook them in the morning
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira   
So the loud strong cry/torture raid took/punished them in the morning/daybreak
Bijan Moeinian   
Then a rumbling overtook them in the morning (that made their secure houses of no protection to them.
Faridul Haque   
So the scream overcame them at morning
Sher Ali   
But the punishment seized them in the morning
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
And the dreadful blast seized them (as well) the moment it dawned
Amatul Rahman Omar   
But the dreadful punishment overtook them in the morning
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
But As-Saeehah (torment - awful cry etc.) overtook them in the early morning (of the fourth day of their promised punishment days)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
and the Cry seized them in the morning
George Sale   
But a terrible noise from heaven assailed them in the morning
Edward Henry Palmer   
But the noise caught them in the morn
John Medows Rodwell   
But a tempest surprised them at early morn
N J Dawood (2014)   
But one morning the Cry took them

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
The blast [of a disaster] struck them one morning.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
So the Blast caught them early one morning
Sayyid Qutb   
But the blast [of punishment] overtook them at early morning.
Ahmed Hulusi   
But that terrifying vibrational blast (volcanic eruption) seized them too in the early morning.
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
So the (violent) blast overtook them in the morning.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim   
Nonetheless a single cry* from heaven's realm stirred up a merciless rumbling earthly convulsion which overtook them by day light
Mir Aneesuddin   
So the loud cry seized them at morning.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
But the (mighty) Blast seized them of a morning
OLD Literal Word for Word   
But seized them the awful cry (at) early morning