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قَالُوا۟ تَقَاسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُۥ وَأَهْلَهُۥ ثُمَّ لَنَقُولَنَّ لِوَلِيِّهِۦ مَا شَهِدْنَا مَهْلِكَ أَهْلِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ﴿٤٩﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

They said, "Take a mutual oath by Allah that we will kill him by night, he and his family. Then we will say to his executor, 'We did not witness the destruction of his family, and indeed, we are truthful.' "

Word-by-word meaning

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
تَقَاسَمُوا۟taqāsamūSwear to each other
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby Allah
لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُۥlanubayyitannahusurely, we will attack him by night
وَأَهْلَهُۥwa-ahlahuand his family
ثُمَّthummaThen
لَنَقُولَنَّlanaqūlannawe will surely say
لِوَلِيِّهِۦliwaliyyihito his heir
مَاmāNot
شَهِدْنَاshahid'nāwe witnessed
مَهْلِكَmahlika(the) destruction
أَهْلِهِۦahlihi(of) his family
وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, we
لَصَـٰدِقُونَlaṣādiqūna(are) surely truthful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Plot of the Mischief-Makers and the End of the People of ThamudAllah tells us about the evildoers of Thamud and their leaders who used to call their people to misguidance and disbelief, and to deny Salih. Eventually they killed the she-camel and were about to kill Salih too.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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