Fussilat (Explained in Detail)
Verse 17of 54
وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَٰهُمْ فَٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟ ٱلْعَمَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ صَٰعِقَةُ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْهُونِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ﴿١٧﴾
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 meaning
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
A Warning to the Disbelievers and a Reminder of the Story of `Ad and ThamudAllah says: `Say, O Muhammad, to these idolators who disbelieve in the message of truth that you have brought: If you turn away from that which I have brought to you from Allah, then I warn you of the punishment of Allah like the punishment that the past nations suffered for disbelieving in the Messengers.'صَـعِقَةً مِّثْلَ صَـعِقَةِ عَادٍ وَثَمُودَ(a Sa`iqah like the Sa`iqah which overtook `Ad and Thamud.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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