WHO WERE THAMUD?

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Quran,Translation and Commentary in Brief (Vol. 04)
Verses 153-159DON'T OBEY THE ORDER OF PRODIGALS VERSE NO.141ِ152

      Historian say that THAMUD were an old Arab tribe, whose capital was a town named Petra. As their material civilization advanced, their spiritual culture lagged behind that they became godless and infidels, and finally God destroyed them all. They were a wealthy people and skilled carvers of stones. They hewed their houses in the mountains to be secure, and were much occupied in amusements, festivity, and making merry. They were cruel to the weak, and oppressed the poor. The cities were on the old caravan road, from Medina to Syria some 180 miles; a place which is called now, ``MADÄIN-AL-SALIH'' which means the cities of Salih. In this place is seen the ruined site of the people of Thamud, to whom the apostle Salih had been sent, whose marked miracle was a she-camel that had come out of the rocks by the request of Thamud chiefs, as a sign of Salih's prophethood.

      There in the cities of Salih are several dated inscriptions that are preserved, besides many sepulchral rock-hewn chambers, in some of which human bones and remain were found. Among these graves and chambers, there is also the ruins of a great hall in which their gods were worshipped.

      The people of Thamud were not only skilled in hewing the rocks. As we may get out of the above verses, they must have been proud of their subterranean canals lying under the surface of the earth for leading water from the springs to their fruitful gardens and farmlands for irregation.

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Verses 153-159DON'T OBEY THE ORDER OF PRODIGALS VERSE NO.141ِ152
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