هُود : ٦٨

  • كَأَن As if
  • لَّمۡ not
  • يَغۡنَوۡاْ they (had) prospered
  • فِيهَآۗ therein
  • أَلَآ No doubt
  • إِنَّ indeed
  • ثَمُودَاْ Thamud
  • كَفَرُواْ disbelieved
  • رَبَّهُمۡۗ (in) their Lord
  • أَلَا so
  • بُعۡدٗا away
  • لِّثَمُودَ with Thamud
As if they had never prospered therein. Unquestionably, Thamūd denied their Lord; then, away with Thamūd.
as if (ka-an had been softened and its subject omitted, in other words [understand it as] ka'annahum) they had not dwelt there, in their dwelling-place: 'Lo! Thamood disbelieved in their Lord, lo! away with Thamood!' (this may be read, declined, li-Thamoodan, or left, as indeclinable, li-Thamooda, referring to the district or the tribe).