Surah Hud 11:68 — translation and meaning
هود · Verse 68 / 123 · Page 229
ۗ ۗ كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا فِيهَا أَلَا إِنَّ ثَمُودَ كَفَرُوا رَبَّهُمْ أَلَا بُعْدًا لِّثَمُودَ
Word by Word
ۗ
ۗ
كَأَن
ka-an
As if
لَّمْ
lam
not
يَغْنَوْا
yaghnaw
they (had) prospered
فِيهَا
fiha
therein
أَلَا
ala
No doubt
إِنَّ
inna
indeed
ثَمُودَ
thamuda
Thamud
كَفَرُوا
kafaru
disbelieved
رَبَّهُمْ
rabbahum
(in) their Lord
أَلَا
ala
so
بُعْدًا
bu'dan
away
لِّثَمُودَ
lithamuda
with Thamud
Transliteration
Ka al lam yaghnaw feehaaa; alaaa inna Samooda kafaroo Rabbahum; alaa bu'dal li Samood.
Translation
As if they had never prospered therein. Unquestionably, Thamud denied their Lord; then, away with Thamud.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
It was as if they had never lived in their land in comfort and ease. Certainly, Thamūd disbelieved in Allah, their Lord, and so they remain outcasts from His mercy.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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