Sura 41 Fussilat (Explained In Detail), ayah 17
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وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَاهُمْ فَاسْتَحَبُّوا الْعَمَىٰ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ صَاعِقَةُ الْعَذَابِ الْهُونِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
Translation by words
- وَأَمَّا
- And as for
- ثَمُودُ
- Thamud,
- فَهَدَيْنَٰهُمْ
- We guided them,
- فَٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟
- but they preferred
- ٱلْعَمَىٰ
- [the] blindness
- عَلَى
- over
- ٱلْهُدَىٰ
- the guidance,
- فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ
- so seized them
- صَٰعِقَةُ
- a thunderbolt
- ٱلْعَذَابِ
- (of) the punishment
- ٱلْهُونِ
- humiliating,
- بِمَا
- for what
- كَانُوا۟
- they used to
- يَكْسِبُونَ
- earn.
And as for Thamud, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance, so the thunderbolt of humiliating punishment seized them for what they used to earn.
41:17
Translation: Saheeh International