Quran 29:38

Surah Al-Ankaboot, Verse 38

Juz 20 · Page 400 · Ruku 345 · Meccan

وَعَادًا وَثَمُودَا۟ وَقَد تَّبَيَّنَ لَكُم مِّن مَّسَٰكِنِهِمْ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ فَصَدَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَكَانُوا۟ مُسْتَبْصِرِينَ

Word by word

وَعَادًۭا waʿādan And Aad وَثَمُودَا۟ wathamūdā and Thamud وَقَد waqad and verily تَّبَيَّنَ tabayyana (has) become clear لَكُم lakum to you مِّن min from مَّسَـٰكِنِهِمْ ۖ masākinihim their dwellings وَزَيَّنَ wazayyana And made fair-seeming لَهُمُ lahumu to them ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ l-shayṭānu the Shaitaan أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ aʿmālahum their deeds فَصَدَّهُمْ faṣaddahum and averted them عَنِ ʿani from ٱلسَّبِيلِ l-sabīli the Way وَكَانُوا۟ wakānū though they were مُسْتَبْصِرِينَ mus'tabṣirīna endowed with insight

Transliteration

WaAAadan wathamooda waqad tabayyanalakum min masakinihim wazayyana lahumu ashshaytanuaAAmalahum fasaddahum AAani assabeeli wakanoomustabsireen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And (the tribes of) A'ad and Thamud! (Their fate) is manifest unto you from their (ruined and deserted) dwellings. Satan made their deeds seem fair unto them and so debarred them from the Way, though they were keen observers.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

(Remember also) the 'Ad and the Thamud (people): clearly will appear to you from (the traces) of their buildings (their fate): the Evil One made their deeds alluring to them, and kept them back from the Path, though they were gifted with intelligence and skill.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يخبر تعالى عن هؤلاء الأمم المكذبة للرسل كيف أبادهم وتنوع في عذابهم ، فأخذهم بالانتقام منهم ، فعاد قوم هود ، وكانوا يسكنون الأحقاف وهي قريبة من حضرموت بلاد اليمن ، وثمود قوم صالح ، وكانوا يسكنون الحجر قريبا من وادي القرى . وكانت العرب تعرف مساكنهما جيدا ، وتمر عليها كثيرا