Word by Word Analysis

Fussilat (Explained in Detail) · Ayah 17

وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَـٰهُمْ فَٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟ ٱلْعَمَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ صَـٰعِقَةُ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْهُونِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ 17

And as for Thamūd, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance, so the thunderbolt of humiliating punishment seized them for what they used to earn.

وَأَمَّاwa-ammāAnd as for

ثَمُودُthamūduThamud

noun

فَهَدَيْنَـٰهُمْfahadaynāhumWe guided them

هديh-d-yverb

فَٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟fa-is'taḥabbūbut they preferred

حببh-b-bverb

ٱلْعَمَىٰl-ʿamā[the] blindness

عمي'-m-ynoun

عَلَىʿalāover

ٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudāthe guidance

هديh-d-ynoun