Surah Fussilat (فصلت) • Explained in Detail

Quran 41:17

41:17

وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَـٰهُمْ فَٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟ ٱلْعَمَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ صَـٰعِقَةُ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْهُونِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

wa-ammā thamūdu fahadaynāhum fa-is'taḥabbū l-ʿamā ʿalā l-hudā fa-akhadhathum ṣāʿiqatu l-ʿadhābi l-hūni bimā kānū yaksibūna

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.

— Saheeh International

As for Thamud, We gave them guidance but they preferred blindness, so they were struck by a blast of humiliating punishment for their misdeeds.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And as for Thamûd, We showed and made clear to them the Path of Truth (Islâmic Monotheism) through Our Messenger, (i.e. showed them the way of success), but they preferred blindness to guidance; so the Sâ‘iqah (a destructive awful cry, torment, hit, a thunderbolt) of disgracing torment seized them because of what they used to earn.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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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