Quran 11:95 — Hud, verse 95
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
as if they had never lived and flourished there. Yes, away with the people of Midian, just like the Thamud!
كَأَنْ لَمْ يَغْنَوْا فِيهَا ۗ أَلَا بُعْدًا لِمَدْيَنَ كَمَا بَعِدَتْ ثَمُودُ
ka-an lam yaghnaw fīhā alā buʿ'dan limadyana kamā baʿidat thamūdu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- as if they had never dwelt there: 'So away with Midian, even as Thamood was done away!'
- Muhammad Asad
- as though they had never lived there. Oh, away with [the people of] Madyan, even as the Thamud have been done away with!
- Sahih International
- As if they had never prospered therein. Then, away with Madyan as Thamūd was taken away.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | كَأَنka-an | As if | — |
| 2 | لَّمْlam | not | — |
| 3 | يَغْنَوْا۟yaghnaw | they (had) prospered | غني |
| 4 | فِيهَآ ۗfīhā | therein | — |
| 5 | أَلَاalā | So | — |
| 6 | بُعْدًۭاbuʿ'dan | away | بعد |
| 7 | لِّمَدْيَنَlimadyana | with Madyan | — |
| 8 | كَمَاkamā | as | — |
| 9 | بَعِدَتْbaʿidat | was taken away | بعد |
| 10 | ثَمُودُthamūdu | the Thamud | — |