Tafsir for verse: 69:5
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ ٥ ﴿5﴾
5As for Thamūd, they were destroyed by that (dreadful cry), which exceeded all limits.
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Commentary
And when He gathered them in denial, He separated them in punishment for that denial. He said: "As for Thamud," they are the people of Salih, blessings and peace be upon him.
And when the terrifying thing for them, due to their attachment to the tangible, is indeed the punishment, not being from a specific source, His saying was built for the unknown: "So they were destroyed," meaning by an easier matter than Our commands, "by the tyrant," meaning the cry that exceeded the limit in severity, causing the earth and hearts to tremble.
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