Surah Al-Fajr 89:9 — translation and meaning

الفجر · Verse 9 / 30 · Page 593

وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ

Word by Word

وَثَمُودَ
wathamuda
And Thamud
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
who
جَابُوا
jabu
carved out
الصَّخْرَ
al-sakhra
the rocks
بِالْوَادِ
bil-wadi
in the valley

Transliteration

Wa samoodal lazeena jaabus sakhra bil waad

Translation

And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And do you not see what your Lord did with the Thamūd i.e. the tribe of Saleh, who would carve the stones of the mountains, making houses out of them.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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