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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Story of Thamud, the People of Salih (peace be upon him)

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The Shaykh : As for
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley? ثمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ
[Al-Fajr 89:9]
: they were also the same; they had arrogance, transgression, and defiance toward their Prophet, until they said to him:
you were among us a man of promise before this قد كُنْتَ فِينَا مَرْجُوّاً قَبْلَ هَذَا
[Hud 11:62]
We used to hope for you and think you were sensible, but now you are a fool. For no messenger was sent except that his people said to him:
A magician or a madman." ساحر أو مجنون
[Adh-Dhariyat 51:39]
As Allah the Exalted said:
Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman." كَذَلِكَ مَا أَتَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
[Adh-Dhariyat 51:52]
, so He gave them respite for three days, saying:
Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days. That is a promise not to be denied." تَمَتَّعُوا فِي دَارِكُمْ ثَلاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ ذَلِكَ وَعْدٌ غَيْرُ مَكْذُوبٍ
[Hud 11:65]
. When the three days were completed, and refuge is sought in Allah, the earth shook with them, and a cry was directed at them, so they became like the dry stalks of a ruined shelter, like the dry stalks of palm fronds; when time passes over them, they become dry and burnt by the sun and wind, so they became like the dry stalks of a ruined shelter, and they all died.
Source alathar.net

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