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Al-'Ankabut 38

Ayah 38 of 69 · Meccan

وَعَادٗا وَثَمُودَاْ وَقَد تَّبَيَّنَ لَكُم مِّن مَّسَٰكِنِهِمۡۖ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ فَصَدَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَكَانُواْ مُسۡتَبۡصِرِينَ ٣٨

And [We destroyed] ʿAad and Thamūd, and it has become clear to you from their [ruined] dwellings. And Satan had made pleasing to them their deeds and averted them from the path, and they were endowed with perception.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَعَادٗاAnd Aadwaʿādan
  2. وَثَمُودَاْand Thamudwathamūdā
  3. وَقَدand verilywaqad
  4. تَّبَيَّنَ(has) become cleartabayyana
  5. لَكُمto youlakum
  6. مِّنfrommin
  7. مَّسَٰكِنِهِمۡۖtheir dwellingsmasākinihim
  8. وَزَيَّنَAnd made fair-seemingwazayyana
  9. لَهُمُto themlahumu
  10. ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُthe Shaitaanl-shayṭānu
  11. أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡtheir deedsaʿmālahum
  12. فَصَدَّهُمۡand averted themfaṣaddahum
  13. عَنِfromʿani
  14. ٱلسَّبِيلِthe Wayl-sabīli
  15. وَكَانُواْthough they werewakānū
  16. مُسۡتَبۡصِرِينَendowed with insightmus'tabṣirīna

Tafsir

I also destroyed the tribe of 'Ad, the people of Hud, and the Thamud, the people of Salih. Signs of their destruction are clear to you - O people of Makkah - by what is left of their dwelling by Hijr (towards the Levant) and Shihr (near Hadramut). Their empty dwellings are evidence of that. Satan made their deeds of disbelief and other sins seem good to them and diverted them from the right path. They were capable of seeing truth from deviation and guidance from misguidance as their Messengers had taught them, but they chose to follow their desires instead of following guidance.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran