وَأَمَّا

ثَمُودُ

فَهَدَيۡنَٰهُمۡ

فَٱسۡتَحَبُّواْ

ٱلۡعَمَىٰ

عَلَى

ٱلۡهُدَىٰ

فَأَخَذَتۡهُمۡ

صَٰعِقَةُ

ٱلۡعَذَابِ

ٱلۡهُونِ

بِمَا

كَانُواْ

يَكۡسِبُونَ

١٧

As to the Thamud, We gave them Guidance, but they preferred blindness (of heart) to Guidance: so the stunning Punishment of humiliation seized them, because of what they had earned.