وَاَمَّاwa-ammāAnd as forثَمُودُthamūduThamudفَهَدَيْنَاهُمْfahadaynāhumWe guided themفَاسْتَحَبُّواfa-is'taḥabbūbut they preferredالْعَمٰىl-ʿamā[the] blindnessعَلَىʿalāoverالْهُدٰىl-hudāthe guidanceفَاَخَذَتْهُمْfa-akhadhathumso seized themصَاعِقَةُṣāʿiqatua thunderboltالْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābi(of) the punishmentالْهُونِl-hūnihumiliatingبِمَاbimāfor whatكَانُواkānūthey used toيَكْسِبُونَۚyaksibūnaearnAs for Thamud, We provided them with guidance, but they preferred blindness over guidance. Consequently, the blast of humiliating retribution annihilated them, because of what they earned.