26:157
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا نَادِمِينَ
Transliteration:
FaAAaqarooha faasbahoo nadimeena
Word by Word:
But they hamstrung her, then they became regretful.
Translations:
But they cruelly slaughtered her - and then they had cause to regret it:
But they ham-strung her: then did they become full of regrets.
But they hamstrung her, and then were penitent.
But the hamstrung her, then regretted,
But they hamstrung her and so became regretful.