Meaning: And He destroyed Thamud. His statement, **"so He spared none"** (*famā abqā*), refers back to 'Ad and Thamud, meaning He did not spare them. Some exegetes (Mufassirun) have said that **"so He spared none"** means He did not leave a single one of them remaining. This is supported by the Almighty's saying: **{Do you see of them any remnant?}** (Al-Haqqah: 8). Al-Hajjaj used this verse as evidence for those who claim that the people of Thaqif were from Thamud, citing the phrase **"so He spared none."**