And to the people of Thamûd We sent their brother Ṣâliḥ.

He said, “O my people! Worship Allah. You have no god other than Him. He ˹is the One Who˺ produced you

from the earth and settled you on it. So seek His forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance.

Surely my Lord is Ever Near, All-Responsive ˹to prayers˺.”

They argued, “O Ṣâliḥ! We truly had high hopes in you before this.1 How dare you forbid us to worship

what our forefathers had worshipped? We are certainly in alarming doubt about what you are inviting us to.”

He responded, “O my people! Consider if I stand on a clear proof from my Lord and He has blessed me

with a mercy from Him. Who could help me against Allah if I were to disobey Him? You would only

contribute to my doom.

And O  my people! This she-camel of Allah is a sign for you.1 So leave her to graze ˹freely˺ on Allah’s earth

and do her no harm, or a swift punishment will overtake you! (SURAH HUD AYAH 61-64)

SURAH ASH-SHAMS

Thamûd rejected ˹the truth˺ out of arrogance, when the most wicked of them was roused ˹to kill the she-camel˺.

But the messenger of Allah warned them, “˹Do not disturb˺ Allah’s camel and her ˹turn to˺ drink!”

Still they defied him and slaughtered her. So their Lord crushed them for their crime, levelling all to the ground.1

(SURAH ASH SHAMS AYAH 11-14)

SURAH HUD

But they killed her, so he warned ˹them˺, “You have ˹only˺ three ˹more˺ days to enjoy life in your

homes—this is an unfailing promise!”

When Our command came, We saved Ṣâliḥ and those who believed with him by a mercy from Us and

spared them the disgrace of that Day. Surely your Lord ˹alone˺ is the All-Powerful, Almighty

And the ˹mighty˺ blast overtook the wrongdoers, so they fell lifeless in their homes, as if they had never

lived there. Surely Thamûd denied their Lord, so away with Thamûd!

SURAH HUD AYAH 65-68