The Holy Quran 41:17 — Surah Fussilat

Arabic text

وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَـٰهُمْ فَٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟ ٱلْعَمَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ صَـٰعِقَةُ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْهُونِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

Translation

As for the Thamud, We guided them (by sending Saalih عليه الصلاة والسلام to preach Towheed to them), but they chose (spiritual) blindness instead of guidance. So, because of what they earned (their kufr and sins), a disastrous punishment seized them, which was extremely humiliating.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The blindness of the people of Thamud: that is, they shut their eyes to the path of salvation that Our prophet had shown them and chose to remain blind. In the end, Almighty Allah left them lying in the state they had chosen. That is, an earthquake came, accompanied by a terribly dreadful sound; from that sound their livers burst.

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