The Holy Quran 27:45 — Surah An-Naml

Arabic text

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَـٰلِحًا أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فَإِذَا هُمْ فَرِيقَانِ يَخْتَصِمُونَ

Translation

We had certainly sent to the (nation of) Thamud their brother Saalih عليه الصلاة والسلام (as a Nabi to tell them) "Worship Allaah." However, they suddenly became two rival groups (when one group accepted his message while another group opposed him).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The sending of Salih ﵇: that is, one party believing and one denying, just as the people of Makkah began to quarrel at the coming of the Prophet ﷺ. The quarrelling of the people of Thamud has already been described in some detail in those verses of Surah Al-A'raf: قَالَ الۡمَلَاُ الَّذِيۡنَ اسۡتَكۡبَرُوۡا مِنۡ قَوۡمِهٖ لِلَّذِيۡنَ اسۡتُضۡعِفُوۡا لِمَنۡ…

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