Transliteration:( Wa samoodal lazeena jaabus sakhra bil waad )
✅ 🪨 Skilled Rock Sculptors – The Thamud were known for their expertise in carving homes and structures into mountains and rocks.
✅ 👨👩👦 Maternal Cousins of Aad – They were related to the Aad tribe and settled between Arabia and Syria.
✅ 🏙️ Builders of Grand Cities – They established 1,700 large cities between Hijr and the Valley of Qura.
✅ 📏 Tall & Wealthy – The Thamud people were physically tall, prosperous, and highly skilled in architecture.
✅ 🕊️ The Prophethood of Hazrat Saleh (عليه السلام) – Allah(اللَّهُ) sent Hazrat Saleh (عليه السلام) as their Prophet to guide them towards righteousness.
✅ ⚠️ A Harsh Punishment – Due to their defiance and disobedience to Hazrat Saleh (عليه السلام), Allah(اللَّهُ) destroyed them as a severe warning for future generations.
The tafsir of Surah Fajr verse 9 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Fajr ayat 1 which provides the complete commentary from verse 1 through 14.
(89:9) And how did He deal with Thamud who hewed out rocks in the valley?[5]
5. The valley: Wad-il-Qura, where the Thamud carved out dwellings in the mountains, and probably in history they were the first people who started cutting out such buildings into the rocks. For details, see (Surah Al-Aaraf, ayat 73); (Surah Al-Hijr, ayat 80); (Surah Ash-Shuara, ayat 150).
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