Surah Al-Fajr
Quran 89:9
Read Quran 89:9 from Surah Al-Fajr (The Dawn) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 89:9
وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ٩
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 89. Al-Fajr (The Dawn)
- Ayah
- 9 of 30
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 89:9
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 89:9
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
{ وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ } أي: وادي القرى، نحتوا بقوتهم الصخور، فاتخذوها مساكن.