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