Surah Fussilat, ayah 17
وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَـٰهُمْ فَٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟ ٱلْعَمَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ صَـٰعِقَةُ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْهُونِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
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.
Fussilat · 41:17
Word by word
- وَأَمَّاwa-ammāAnd as for
- ثَمُودُthamūduThamud
- فَهَدَيْنَـٰهُمْfahadaynāhumWe guided them
- فَٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟fa-is'taḥabbūbut they preferred
- ٱلْعَمَىٰl-ʿamā[the] blindness
- عَلَىʿalāover
- ٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudāthe guidance
- فَأَخَذَتْهُمْfa-akhadhathumso seized them
- صَـٰعِقَةُṣāʿiqatua thunderbolt
- ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābi(of) the punishment
- ٱلْهُونِl-hūnihumiliating
- بِمَاbimāfor what
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
- يَكْسِبُونَyaksibūnaearn
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