Explained in Detail, Revelations Well Expounded 41:17

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Arabic English Morphology
وَأَمَّا wa-ammā
And as for Prep
ثَمُودُ thamūdu
Thamud Noun
We guided them V
but they preferred V
[the] blindness Noun
عَلَى ʿalā
over Prep
the guidance Noun
so seized them V
صَٰعِقَةُ ṣāʿiqatu
a thunderbolt Noun
ٱلْعَذَابِ l-ʿadhābi
(of) the punishment Noun
humiliating Noun
بِمَا bimā
for what Noun
they used to V
earn V

As for Thamud, We gave them guidance but they preferred blindness, so they were struck by a blast of humiliating punishment for their misdeeds

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَیۡنَـٰهُمۡ فَٱسۡتَحَبُّوا۟ ٱلۡعَمَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡهُدَىٰ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمۡ صَـٰعِقَةُ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡهُونِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ یَكۡسِبُونَ ۝١٧

wa-ammā thamūdu fahadaynāhum fa-is'taḥabbū l-ʿamā ʿalā l-hudā fa-akhadhathum ṣāʿiqatu l-ʿadhābi l-hūni bimā kānū yaksibūn