and as for thamud we showed and made clear to them the path of truth through our messenger but they preferred blindness to guidance so the saiqah of disgracing torment seized them because of what they used to earn.
وأما ثمود فهديناهم فاستحبوا العمى على الهدى فأخذتهم صاعقة العذاب الهون بما كانوا يكسبون