سورة هود، الآية ٩٥
كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا۟ فِيهَآ أَلَا بُعْدًا لِّمَدْيَنَ كَمَا بَعِدَتْ ثَمُودُ ٩٥
ka-an lam yaghnaw fīhā alā buʿ'dan limadyana kamā baʿidat thamūdu
As if they had never prospered therein. Then, away with Madyan as Thamūd was taken away.
Verse 95 of Surah Hud (11:95), a Meccan surah, is in juz 12, on page 232 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
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It was as if they had never resided there previously. Without doubt, Madyan was distanced from Allah’s mercy when His punishment fell on them, just as Thamūd was driven away from it by Allah’s sending down His anger on them.
as if they had never dwelt there. Behold, away with Midian just as it was with Thamūd!
As if they had never lived there! So away with Madyan (Midian) as away with Thamûd! (All these nations were destroyed).
As though they had not dwelt there. A far removal for Midian, even as Thamud had been removed afar!
As if they had never dwelt and flourished there! Ah! Behold! How the Madyan were removed (from sight) as were removed the Thamud!
As though they had never dwelt in them; now surely perdition overtook Madyan as had perished Samood.
As if they had not flourished in it. "Verily, away with Madyan, (even) as Thamûd was away!"
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا۟ فِيهَآ أَلَآ إِنَّ ثَمُودَا۟ كَفَرُوا۟ رَبَّهُمْ أَلَا بُعْدًا لِّثَمُودَ
As if they had never prospered therein. Unquestionably, Thamūd denied their Lord; then, away with Thamūd.
ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ شُعَيْبًا كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا۟ فِيهَا ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ شُعَيْبًا كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ
Those who denied Shuʿayb - it was as though they had never resided there. Those who denied Shuʿayb - it was they who were the losers.
