سُوْرَةُ هُوْدٍ
Surah Hud (11) — Ayah 68
كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا۟ فِيهَآ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ ثَمُودَا۟ كَفَرُوا۟ رَبَّهُمْ ۗ أَلَا بُعْدًا لِّثَمُودَ ﴿68﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
As if they had never lived there. No doubt! Verily, Thamûd disbelieved in their Lord. So away with Thamûd!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
كَأَن
ka-an
As if
لَّمْ
lam
not
يَغْنَوْا۟
yaghnaw
they (had) prospered
فِيهَآ ۗ
fīhā
therein
أَلَآ
alā
No doubt
إِنَّ
inna
indeed
ثَمُودَا۟
thamūdā
Thamud
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
رَبَّهُمْ ۗ
rabbahum
(in) their Lord
أَلَا
alā
so
بُعْدًۭا
buʿ'dan
away
لِّثَمُودَ
lithamūda
with Thamud
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
68. 1. Their town, or these people themselves, or both, were thus erased like a wrong letter, as if they had never inhabited there at all.
