\nAfter\nthe destruction of the Ad, the tribe of Thamud succeeded them in\npower and glory. They also fell to idol-worshipping. As their\nmaterial wealth increased so, too, did their evil ways while their\nvirtue decreased. Like the people of Ad, they erected huge buildings\non the plains and hewed beautiful homes out of the hills. Tyranny and\noppression became prevalent as evil men ruled the land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nSo\nAllah sent unto them His Prophet Salih (PBUH), a man from among them.\nHis name was Salih Ibn Ubeid, Ibn Maseh, Ibn Ubeid, Ibn Hader, Ibn\nThamud, Ibn Ather, Ibn Eram, Ibn Noah. He called his people to\nworship Allah alone, and to not associate partners with Him. While\nsome of them believed him, the majority of them disbelieved and\nharmed him by both words and deeds. Salih directed them: “O\nmy people! Worship Allah, you have no other Ilah (god) but Him.”\n<\/em>(Ch\n11:61)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nSalih\nwas known for his wisdom, purity and goodness and had been greatly\nrespected by his people before Allah’s revelation came to him.\nSalih’s people said to him:\n“O Salih! You have been among us as a figure of good hope and we\nwished for you to be our chief, till this, new thing which you have\nbrought that we leave our gods and worship your God (Allah) alone! Do\nyou now forbid us the worship of what our fathers have worshipped?\nBut we are really in grave doubt as to that which you invite us to\nmonotheism.” <\/em>(CH\n11:62 Quran).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nthey\nmerely wanted to worship the same gods as their fathers had, with no\nreason, no proof, no thought. The proof of Salih’s (PBUH) message was\nevident, but despite this it was obvious that most of his people did\nnot believe him. They doubted his words, thinking he was charmed, and\nthey saw that he would not stop preaching. Fearing that his followers\nwould increase, they tried to put him off by assigning him an\nimportant task; to prove that he was a messenger of Allah by\nperforming a miracle. Let a unique she camel issue from the\nmountains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nAllah\ngranted Salih this miracle and a huge, unique, she camel appeared\nfrom the direction of the mountain. The Quranic commentators said\nthat the people of Thamud gathered on a certain day at their meeting\nplace, and the prophet Salih (PBUH) came and addressed them to\nbelieve in Allah, reminding them of the favors Allah had granted\nthem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nThen\npointing at a rock, they demanded: “Ask your Lord to make a she\ncamel, which must be 10 months pregnant, tall and attractive, issue\nfrom the rock for us.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nSalih\nreplied: “Look now! If Allah sends you what you have requested,\njust as you have described, will you believe in that which I have\ncome to you with and have faith in the message I have been sent\nwith?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nThey\nanswered: “Yes.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nSo\nhe took a vow from them on this, then prayed to Allah the Almighty to\ngrant their request. Allah ordered the distant rock to split asunder,\nto bringing forth a great ten month pregnant she camel. When their\neyes set on it, they were amazed. They saw a great thing, a wonderful\nsight, a dazzling power and clear evidence!<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nA\nnumber of Salih’s people believed, yet most of them continued in\ntheir disbelief, stubbornness, and going astray. Allah the Almighty\nsaid: We\nsent the she camel to Thamud as a clear sign, but they did her wrong.\n<\/em>(Ch\n17:59) and also:\nVerily the dwellers of Al Hijr (the rocky tract) denied the\nMessengers. We gave them Our Signs, but they were averse to them. <\/em>(Ch\n15:80-81 Quran)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nThere\nare a number of ancient accounts of this camel and its miraculous\nnature. It was said that the she camel was miraculous because a rock\nin the mountain split open and it came forth from it, followed by its\nyoung offspring. Other accounts said that the she camel used to drink\nall the water in the wells in one day, and no other animals could\napproach the water. Still others claimed that the she camel produced\nmilk sufficient for all the people to drink, on the same day that it\ndrank all the water, leaving none for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nAt\nfirst, the people of Thamud were greatly surprised when the she camel\nissued from the mountain rocks. It was a blessed camel, and its milk\nsufficient for thousands of men, women and children. If it slept in a\nplace that place was abandoned by other animals. Thus it was obvious\nthat is was not an ordinary camel, but one of Allah’s signs. It lived\namong Salih’s people, some of whom believed in Allah while the\nmajority continued in their obstinacy and disbelief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nTheir\nhatred of Salih turned towards the blessed she camel and became\ncentered on it. A conspiracy started to be hatched against the camel\nby the disbeliveers, and they secretly plotted against it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nSalih\nfeared that they might kill the camel, so he warned them:\n“O my people! This she camel of Allah is a sign to you, leave\nher to feed on Allah’s earth, and touch her not with evil lest a near\ntorment will seize you.”<\/em>\n(Ch 11:64 Quran)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nFor\nawhile, Salih’s people let the camel graze and drink freely, but in\ntheir hearts they hated it. However, the miraculous appearance of the\nunique camel caused many to become Salih’s followers, and they clung\nto their belief in Allah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nthe\ndisbeliveers now began complaining that this huge she camel with its\nunusual qualities drank most of the water and frightened their\ncattle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nThey\nlaid a plot to kill the camel, and sought the help of their women\nfolk to tempt the men to carry out their commands. Saduq bint of\nMahya, who was from a rich and noble family, offered herself to a\nyoung man named Masrai Ibn Mahraj on condition that he hamstring the\ncamel. Aniza, an old woman, offered one of her daughters to a young\nman, Qudar Ibn Saluf, in return for killing the camel. Naturally\nthese young men were tempted and set about finding seven others to\nassist them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nThey\nwatched the camel closely, observing all its movements. As the she\ncamel came to drink at the well, Masarai shot it in the leg with an\narrow. It tried to escape but was hampered by the arrow. Qudar\nfollowed the camel and struck it with a sword in the other leg. As it\nfell to the ground, he pierced it with his sword.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nThe\nkillers were given a hero’s welcome,cheered with songs and poetry\ncomposed in their praise. In their arrogance they mocked Salih, but\nhe warned them: “Enjoy life for 3 more days then the punishment\nwill descend upon you.” Salih was hoping that they would see the\nfolly of their ways and change their attitude before the 3 days went\nout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n“Why\n3 days?” they asked. “Let the punishment come as quickly as\npossible.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nHe\npleaded with them: “My people, why do you hasten to evil rather\nthan good? Why do not you ask pardon of Allah so that you may receive\nmercy?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nThey\nreplied: “We see your presence and that of your followers as\nbringing evil on us.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nAlmighty\nAllah related their story:\nAnd indeed We sent to Thamud their brother Salih, saying “Worship\nAllah Alone and none else.” Then look! They became two parties\n(believers and disbeliveers) quarreling with each other.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \nHe\nsaid: “O my people! Why do you seek to hasten the evil (torment)\nbefore the good (Allah’s Mercy)? Why seek you not the Forgiveness of\nAllah, that you may receive mercy?” They said: We augur till\nomen from you and those with you.” he said: “Your ill omen\nis with Allah; nay, but you are a people that are being tested.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \nAnd\nthere were in the city nine men (from the sons of their chiefs), who\nmade mischief in the land, and would not reform. They said: “Swear\nto another by Allah that we shall make a secret night attack on him\nand his household, and afterwards we will surely say to his near\nrelatives: “We witnessed not the destruction of his household,\nand verily! We are telling the truth.””<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \nSo\nthey plotted a plot, and We planned a plan, while they perceived not.\nThen see how was the end of their plot! Verily! We destroyed them and\ntheir nation, all together. These are their houses in utter ruin, for\nthey did wrong. Verily, in this is indeed an Ayah (a lesson or a\nsign) for people who know. We saved those who believed, and used to\nfear and obey Allah. <\/em>(Ch\n27:45-53 Quran)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nThey\nalso plotted to kill Salih and his household as Almighty Allah\nstated:\n“So they ploa plot, and We planned a plan, while they perceived\nnot.” <\/em>(Ch\n27:50 Quran) Allah saved Salih and his followers from their wicked\nplans. Heavy hearted, they left the evil doers and moved to another\nplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nThree\ndays after Salih’s warning, thunderbolts filled the air, followed by\nsevere earthquakes which destroyed the entire tribe and its homeland.\nThe land was violently shaken, destroying all living creatures in it.\nThere was one terrific cry which had hardly ended when the\ndisbeliveers of Salih’s people were struck dead, one and all, at the\nsame time. Neither their strong buildings nor their rock hewn homes\ncould protect them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nAllah\nthe Exalted said:\nTo Thamud people We sent their brother Salih. HE said: “O my\npeople! Worship Allah, you have no other Ilah (god) but Him (none has\nthe right to be worshipped but Allah). Indeed there has come to you a\nclear sign ( the miracle of the coming out of a huge she camel from\nthe midst of a rock) from your Lord. This she camel of Allah is a\nsign unto you so you leave her to graze in Allah’s earth, and touch\nher not with harm, lest a painful torment should size you. Remember\nwhen He made you successors after Ad people and gave you habitations\nin the land, you build for yourselves palaces in plains and carve out\nhomes in the mountains. So remember the graces bestowed upon you from\nAllah, and do not go about making mischief on the earth.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \nthe\nleaders of those who were arrogant among his people said to those who\nwere counted weak to such of them as believed: “Know you that\nSalih is one sent from his Lord.” They said: “We indeed\nbelieve in that with which he has been sent.” Those who were\narrogant said: “Verily, we disbelieve in that which you believe\nin.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \nSo\nthey killed the she camel and insolently defied the Commandment of\ntheir Lord, and said: “O Salih! Bring about your threats if you\nare indeed one of the Messengers (of Allah).” So the earthquakes\nseized them and they lay dead, prostrate in their homes. Then he\n(Salih) turned from them, and said: “O my people! I have indeed\nconveyed to you the Message of my Lord, and have give you good advise\nbut you like not good advisers.”<\/em>\n(Ch 7:73-79 Quran)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nAll\nwere destroyed before they realized what was happening. As for the\npeople who believed in the message of Salih (PBUH), they were saved\nbecause they had left the place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nIbn\nUmar narrated that while the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was passing by\nThamud’s houses on his way to the battle of Tabuk, he stopped\ntogether with the people there. the people fetched water from the\nwells from which the people of Thamud used to drink. They prepared\ntheir dough (for baking) and filled their water skins from it (the\nwater from the wells). The Prophet of Allah (PBUH) ordered them to\nempty the water skins and give the prepared dough to the camels. Then\nhe went away with them until they stopped at the well from which the\nshe camel (of Salih) used to drink. 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