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 ١٧
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.
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