وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَٰهُمْ فَٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟ ٱلْعَمَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ صَٰعِقَةُ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْهُونِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
Translation
Sahih International
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.
Word-by-Word Translation
وَأَمَّا
And as for
ثَمُودُ
Thamud
فَهَدَيْنَـٰهُمْ
We guided them
فَٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟
but they preferred
ٱلْعَمَىٰ
[the] blindness
عَلَى
over
ٱلْهُدَىٰ
the guidance
فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ
so seized them
صَـٰعِقَةُ
a thunderbolt
ٱلْعَذَابِ
(of) the punishment
ٱلْهُونِ
humiliating
بِمَا
for what
كَانُوا۟
they used to
يَكْسِبُونَ
earn
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