Quran 29:38 — Al-Ankaboot, verse 38
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Remember] the tribes of 'Ad and Thamud: their history is made clear to you by [what is left of] their dwelling places. Satan made their foul deeds seem alluring to them and barred them from the right way, though they were capable of seeing.
وَعَادًا وَثَمُودَ وَقَدْ تَبَيَّنَ لَكُمْ مِنْ مَسَاكِنِهِمْ ۖ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ فَصَدَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّبِيلِ وَكَانُوا مُسْتَبْصِرِينَ
waʿādan wathamūdā waqad tabayyana lakum min masākinihim wazayyana lahumu l-shayṭānu aʿmālahum faṣaddahum ʿani l-sabīli wakānū mus'tabṣirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And Ad, and Thamood -- it has become clear to you from their dwelling-places; and Satan decked out fair to them their works, and barred them from the way, though they saw clearly.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND [the tribes of] Ad and Thamud [too, did We destroy -] as should have become obvious to you from [whatever there remains of] their dwellings. [They perished] because Satan had made their [sinful] doings seem goodly to them, and thus had barred them from the path [of God] despite their having been endowed with the ability to perceive the truth.
- Sahih International
- And [We destroyed] ʿAad and Thamūd, and it has become clear to you from their [ruined] dwellings. And Satan had made pleasing to them their deeds and averted them from the path, and they were endowed with perception.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَعَادًۭاwaʿādan | And Aad | عود |
| 2 | وَثَمُودَا۟wathamūdā | and Thamud | — |
| 3 | وَقَدwaqad | and verily | — |
| 4 | تَّبَيَّنَtabayyana | (has) become clear | بين |
| 5 | لَكُمlakum | to you | — |
| 6 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 7 | مَّسَـٰكِنِهِمْ ۖmasākinihim | their dwellings | سكن |
| 8 | وَزَيَّنَwazayyana | And made fair-seeming | زين |
| 9 | لَهُمُlahumu | to them | — |
| 10 | ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānu | the Shaitaan | شطن |
| 11 | أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْaʿmālahum | their deeds | عمل |
| 12 | فَصَدَّهُمْfaṣaddahum | and averted them | صدد |
| 13 | عَنِʿani | from | — |
| 14 | ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīli | the Way | سبل |
| 15 | وَكَانُوا۟wakānū | though they were | كون |
| 16 | مُسْتَبْصِرِينَmus'tabṣirīna | endowed with insight | بصر |