and as for thamud we showed them the path of truth but they preferred blindness to guidance so the sa`iqah 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