(12) And when they [i.e., its inhabitants] perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية - صحيح انترناشونال
 12. Then, when they perceived (saw) Our Torment (coming), behold, they (tried to) flee from it.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية
فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّواْ بَأۡسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنۡهَا يَرۡكُضُونَ

Then, when they perceived Our violence, only then did they (run) scampering out of it.
— Dr. Ghali - English translation
فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّواْ بَأۡسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنۡهَا يَرۡكُضُونَ

Then, when they perceived (saw) Our Torment (coming), behold, they (tried to) flee from it.
— Muhsin Khan - English translation
فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّواْ بَأۡسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنۡهَا يَرۡكُضُونَ

And, when they felt Our might, behold them fleeing from it!
— Pickthall - English translation
فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّواْ بَأۡسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنۡهَا يَرۡكُضُونَ

Yet, when they felt Our Punishment (coming), behold, they (tried to) flee from it.
— Yusuf Ali - English translation
فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّواْ بَأۡسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنۡهَا يَرۡكُضُونَ

And when its inhabitants perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it.
— Sahih International - English translation
فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّواْ بَأۡسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنۡهَا يَرۡكُضُونَ

(21:12) Then, when they perceived Our chastisement3 they took
to their heels and fled.
— Abul Ala Maududi(With tafsir) - English translation
فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّواْ بَأۡسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنۡهَا يَرۡكُضُونَ

When they felt Our might coming upon them, see how they tried to escape it!
— Abdul Haleem - English translation
فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّواْ بَأۡسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنۡهَا يَرۡكُضُونَ

So, as soon as they sensed Our punishment (approaching them), they started fleeing from it.
— Mufti Taqi Usmani - English translation
فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّواْ بَأۡسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنۡهَا يَرۡكُضُونَ

When the wrongdoers sensed ˹the arrival of˺ Our torment, they started to run away from their cities.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran - English translation
فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّواْ بَأۡسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنۡهَا يَرۡكُضُونَ

When the wrongdoers sensed ˹the arrival of˺ Our torment, they started to run away from their cities.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab - English translation
When they sensed Our punishment, they started running away from it.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية - مركز رواد الترجمة
12. Then when those who were destroyed saw My destructive punishment, they began to run from their towns to flee destruction.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية للمختصر في تفسير القرآن الكريم
And as soon as they began to feel Our might they took to their heels and fled.
— ترجمة معاني القرآن الكريم - عادل صلاحي