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كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
7:74; 11:62, 63; 27:46.
7:74; 11:62, 63; 27:46.
This and the following several verses deal with the tribe of Thamud. According to Futuhush-Sham, they were a very powerful people. Their rule and dominion had extended from Busra, a town in Syria, to Aden. They had made great progress in agriculture and architecture and were a highly civilised and cultured people. The tribe has been mentioned by Greek historians. They place it in a period not long before the Christian era. Hijr or Agra, as they call it, is given as their home. Al-Hijr which has also been known as Mada’ini Salih (the Cities of Salih) and which seems to have been the capital of these people lies between Medina and Tabuk, and the valley in which it is situated is called Wadi Qura. The Qur’an represents them as the immediate successors of ‘Ad (7:75). It is worthy of note that the accounts of the Prophets Noah, Hud and Salih have been given at various places in the Qur’an and everywhere the order observed is the same, viz. the account of Noah precedes that of Hud and the account of Hud
7:74; 11:62-63; 27:46.
Commentary:
This and the following several verses deal with the tribe of Thamud. According to Abu Isma‘il, the author of Futuhush-Sham, they were a very powerful people. Their rule and dominion had extended from Busra, a town in Syria to Aden. They had made great progress in agriculture and architecture. They were a highly civilized and cultured people. The tribe has been mentioned by Greek historians. They place it in a period not long before the Christian era. Hijr or Agra, as they call it, is given as the home of these people. Al-Hijr which has also been known as Mada’ini Salih (the Cities of Salih) and which seems to have been the capital of these people lies between Medina and Tabuk, and the valley in which it is situated is called Wadi Qura. The Quran represents them as the immediate successors of ‘Ad (7:75). From 40:31-32, it appears that they lived before the time of Moses. It is worthy of note that the accounts of the Prophets Noah, Hud and Salih have been given at various places in the Quran and everywhere the order observed is the same, viz. the account of Noah precedes that of Hud and the account of Hud precedes that of Salih, which is the true chronological order. This shows that the Quran gives accurately and in their true historical order the facts of history long consigned to oblivion and quite wrapped in obscurity. For a fuller note on Thamud see 11:62.
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7:74; 11:62, 63; 27:46.
a
7:74; 11:62-63; 27:46.
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Commentary:
This and the following several verses deal with the tribe of Thamud. According to Abu Isma‘il, the author of Futuhush-Sham, they were a very powerful people. Their rule and dominion had extended from Busra, a town in Syria to Aden. They had made great progress in agriculture and architecture. They were a highly civilized and cultured people. The tribe has been mentioned by Greek historians. They place it in a period not long before the Christian era. Hijr or Agra, as they call it, is given as the home of these people. Al-Hijr which has also been known as Mada’ini Salih (the Cities of Salih) and which seems to have been the capital of these people lies between Medina and Tabuk, and the valley in which it is situated is called Wadi Qura. The Quran represents them as the immediate successors of ‘Ad (7:75). From 40:31-32, it appears that they lived before the time of Moses. It is worthy of note that the accounts of the Prophets Noah, Hud and Salih have been given at various places in the Quran and everywhere the order observed is the same, viz. the account of Noah precedes that of Hud and the account of Hud precedes that of Salih, which is the true chronological order. This shows that the Quran gives accurately and in their true historical order the facts of history long consigned to oblivion and quite wrapped in obscurity. For a fuller note on Thamud see 11:62.
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7:74; 11:62, 63; 27:46.
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This and the following several verses deal with the tribe of Thamud. According to Futuhush-Sham, they were a very powerful people. Their rule and dominion had extended from Busra, a town in Syria, to Aden. They had made great progress in agriculture and architecture and were a highly civilised and cultured people. The tribe has been mentioned by Greek historians. They place it in a period not long before the Christian era. Hijr or Agra, as they call it, is given as their home. Al-Hijr which has also been known as Mada’ini Salih (the Cities of Salih) and which seems to have been the capital of these people lies between Medina and Tabuk, and the valley in which it is situated is called Wadi Qura. The Qur’an represents them as the immediate successors of ‘Ad (7:75). It is worthy of note that the accounts of the Prophets Noah, Hud and Salih have been given at various places in the Qur’an and everywhere the order observed is the same, viz. the account of Noah precedes that of Hud and the account of Hud