The Punishment of the People of Thamud and Prophet Salih's Warning

Al-Hijr — Verses 80–84 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim

وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أَصْحَابُ الْحِجْرِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ ٨٠

And verily, the dwellers of Al-Hijr (the rocky tract) denied the Messengers.

وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ
And verily, denied
أَصْحَابُ الْحِجْرِ
the dwellers of Al-Hijr (the rocky tract)
الْمُرْسَلِينَ
the Messengers

وَآتَيْنَاهُمْ آيَاتِنَا فَكَانُوا عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ ٨١

And We gave them Our Signs, but they were averse to them.

وَآتَيْنَاهُمْ
And We gave them
آيَاتِنَا
Our Signs
فَكَانُوا
but they were
عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ
averse to them

وَكَانُوا يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا آمِنِينَ ٨٢

And they used to hew out dwellings from the mountains (feeling themselves) secure.

وَكَانُوا
And they used to
يَنْحِتُونَ
hew out
مِنَ الْجِبَالِ
from the mountains
بُيُوتًا
dwellings
آمِنِينَ
(feeling themselves) secure

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ ٨٣

But As-Saihah (torment - awful cry etc.) overtook them in the early morning (of the fourth day of their promised punishment days).

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ
But As-Saihah (torment - awful cry etc.) overtook them
مُصْبِحِينَ
in the early morning (of the fourth day of their promised punishment days)

فَمَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ ٨٤

And all that which they used to earn availed them not.

فَمَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم
And all that which availed them not
مَّا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
that which they used to earn