كَأَن لَّمۡ يَغۡنَوۡاْ فِيهَآۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ ثَمُودَاْ كَفَرُواْ رَبَّهُمۡۗ أَلَا بُعۡدٗا لِّثَمُودَ ٦٨
As if they had never prospered therein. Unquestionably, Thamūd denied their Lord; then, away with Thamūd.
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كَأَن As if ka-an لَّمۡ not lam يَغۡنَوۡاْ they (had) prospered yaghnaw فِيهَآۗ therein fīhā أَلَآ No doubt alā إِنَّ indeed inna ثَمُودَاْ Thamud thamūdā كَفَرُواْ disbelieved kafarū رَبَّهُمۡۗ (in) their Lord rabbahum أَلَا so alā بُعۡدٗا away buʿ'dan لِّثَمُودَ with Thamud lithamūda Tafsir It was as if they had never lived in their land in comfort and ease. Certainly, Thamūd disbelieved in Allah, their Lord, and so they remain outcasts from His mercy.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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