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Fussilat 17

Ayah 17 of 54 · Meccan

وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيۡنَٰهُمۡ فَٱسۡتَحَبُّواْ ٱلۡعَمَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡهُدَىٰ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمۡ صَٰعِقَةُ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡهُونِ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ١٧

And as for Thamūd, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance, so the thunderbolt of humiliating punishment seized them for what they used to earn.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَأَمَّاAnd as forwa-ammā
  2. ثَمُودُThamudthamūdu
  3. فَهَدَيۡنَٰهُمۡWe guided themfahadaynāhum
  4. فَٱسۡتَحَبُّواْbut they preferredfa-is'taḥabbū
  5. ٱلۡعَمَىٰ[the] blindnessl-ʿamā
  6. عَلَىoverʿalā
  7. ٱلۡهُدَىٰthe guidancel-hudā
  8. فَأَخَذَتۡهُمۡso seized themfa-akhadhathum
  9. صَٰعِقَةُa thunderboltṣāʿiqatu
  10. ٱلۡعَذَابِ(of) the punishmentl-ʿadhābi
  11. ٱلۡهُونِhumiliatingl-hūni
  12. بِمَاfor whatbimā
  13. كَانُواْthey used tokānū
  14. يَكۡسِبُونَearnyaksibūna

Tafsir

As for the people of Saleh, the Thamūd, I guided them by making the path of truth clear to them, but they preferred deviance to guidance to the truth, so the humiliating punishment seized them because of the disbelief and sins they would commit.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran