Surah Fussilat · Ayah 17

Meaning of Surah Fussilat, Ayah 17

Waamma thamoodu fahadaynahumfastahabboo alAAama AAala alhudafaakhathat-hum saAAiqatu alAAathabi alhoonibima kanoo yaksiboon

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1. وَأَمَّاwa-ammāAnd as for
2. ثَمُودُthamūduThamud
3. فَهَدَيْنَـٰهُمْfahadaynāhumWe guided them
4. فَٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟fa-is'taḥabbūbut they preferred
5. ٱلْعَمَىٰl-ʿamā[the] blindness
6. عَلَىʿalāover
7. ٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudāthe guidance
8. فَأَخَذَتْهُمْfa-akhadhathumso seized them
9. صَـٰعِقَةُṣāʿiqatua thunderbolt
10. ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābi(of) the punishment
11. ٱلْهُونِl-hūnihumiliating
12. بِمَاbimāfor what
13. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
14. يَكْسِبُونَyaksibūnaearn