Transliteration:( Kazzabat Samoodul mursaleen )
141. These people were from the progeny of Thamood bin Abeed bin Aus bin Aad bin Iram bin Saam bin Nooh (On whom be peace). This has been mentioned in an earlier discussion.
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141. Thamud denied the Messengers. 142. When their brother Salih said to them: “Will you not have Taqwa†143. “I am a trustworthy Messenger to you.†144. “So, have Taqwa of Allah, and obey me.†145. “No reward do I ask of you for it; my reward is only from the Lord of Al-`Alamin.â€
Here Allah tells us about His servant and Messenger Salih, whom He sent to his people Thamud. They were Arabs living in the city of Al-Hijr — which is between Wadi Al-Qura and Greater Syria. Their location is well known. In our explanation of Surat Al-A`raf, we mentioned the Hadiths which tell how the Messenger of Allah passed by their dwelling place when he wanted to launch a raid on Syria. He went as far as Tabuk, then he went back to Al-Madinah to prepare himself for the campaign. Thamud came after `Ad and before Ibrahim, peace be upon him. Their Prophet Salih called them to Allah, to worship Him alone with no partner or associate, and to obey whatever commands were conveyed to them, but they refused, rejecting him and opposing him. He told them that he did not seek any reward from them for his call to them, but that he would seek the reward for that with Allah. Then he reminded them of the blessings of Allah.
95. For comparison, see (Surah Al-Aaraf, Ayat 73-79); (Surah Hud, Ayat 61-68); (Surah Al-Hijr, Ayat 80-84); (Surah Bani Israil, Ayat 59); and for further details, see (Surah An-Naml, Ayat 45-53); (Surah Az-Zariyat, Ayat 43- 45); (Surah Al-Qamar, Ayat 23-31); (Surah Al-Haqqah, Ayat 4-5); (Surah Al-Fajr, Ayat 9); and (Surah Ash-Shams, Ayat 11).
Thamud achieved power and glory after the destruction of Aad and as far as progress in civilization is concerned, they followed in the footsteps of their predecessors. In their case, too, the standards of living went on rising higher and higher and the standards of humanity continued to fall lower and lower, suffering one deterioration after the other. On the one hand, they erected large edifices on the plains and hewed beautiful houses out of the hills like those in the caves of Ellora and Ajanta in India, and on the other hand, they became addicted to idol-worship and the land was filled with tyranny and oppression. The worst men became leaders and rulers in the land. As such, Prophet Salih’s (peace be upon him) message of truth only appealed to the weak people belonging to the lower social strata and the people of the upper classes refused to believe in him.
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