Popular Translations
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
Arthur John Arberry
as if they had never dwelt there: 'So away with Midian, even as Thamood was done away!
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
As if they had never dwelt and flourished there! Ah! Behold! How the Madyan were removed (from sight) as were removed the Thamud
Arabic
كَأَن لَّمۡ یَغۡنَوۡا۟ فِیهَاۤۗ أَلَا بُعۡدࣰا لِّمَدۡیَنَ كَمَا بَعِدَتۡ ثَمُودُ ٩٥
Transliteration (2021)
ka-an lam yaghnaw fīhā alā buʿ'dan limadyana kamā baʿidat thamūd