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Hud Section 6 - The Ministry Of Salih

  • Salih exhorts the people of Thamud to believe in and worship none but the Only God

  • They disbelieved and were destroyed

Hud Verses 61 – 68

وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَالِحًا قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُ هُوَ أَنْشَأَكُمْ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ وَاسْتَعْمَرَكُمْ فِيهَا فَاسْتَغْفِرُوهُ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَيْهِ إِنَّ رَبِّي قَرِيبٌ مُجِيبٌ

And unto the (people) Thamud (sent We) their brother Salih. Said he: “O’ my people’! Worship ye (none but the only) God; Ye have no god other than He;1He raised you from the earth and hath given2you to flourish therein; therefore ask ye forgiveness of Him, then turn ye repentant unto Him: Verily my Lord is (ever) Nigh, (ready) Responser.” (11:61)3

قَالُوا يَا صَالِحُ قَدْ كُنْتَ فِينَا مَرْجُوًّا قَبْلَ هَٰذَا أَتَنْهَانَا أَنْ نَعْبُدَ مَا يَعْبُدُ آبَاؤُنَا وَإِنَّنَا لَفِي شَكٍّ مِمَّا تَدْعُونَا إِلَيْهِ مُرِيبٍ

Said they: “O’ Salih! Indeed thou wert amongst us in whom (our) hopes were centred before this; Dost thou (now) forbid us from worshipping what our fathers did worship? And verily we are in a disquieting doubt about that unto which thou callest us.” (11:62)4

قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّي وَآتَانِي مِنْهُ رَحْمَةً فَمَنْ يَنْصُرُنِي مِنَ اللَّهِ إِنْ عَصَيْتُهُ فَمَا تَزِيدُونَنِي غَيْرَ تَخْسِيرٍ

Said he:5“O’ my people! See ye not? if I am on a clear sign (guidance) from my Lord and He hath granted mercy (His apostleship) from Himself, who will then help me against God if I disobeyed Him? Therefore ye add not to my lot (anything) other than loss.” (11:63)6

وَيَا قَوْمِ هَٰذِهِ نَاقَةُ اللَّهِ لَكُمْ آيَةً فَذَرُوهَا تَأْكُلْ فِي أَرْضِ اللَّهِ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابٌ قَرِيبٌ

“And O’ my people! This is God’s she camel for you, a sign (of my truthfulness), there fore leave her to (freely) pasture on God’s earth and ye touch her not with (any) evil, for then will overtake you a ready torment. (11:64)7

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَقَالَ تَمَتَّعُوا فِي دَارِكُمْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ ذَٰلِكَ وَعْدٌ غَيْرُ مَكْذُوبٍ

Yet they did hamstring her, Then said he8“Enjoy ye in your abode for three days; That is a promise not to be belied.” (11:65)9

فَلَمَّا جَاءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا صَالِحًا وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَعَهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِنَّا وَمِنْ خِزْيِ يَوْمِئِذٍ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ الْقَوِيُّ الْعَزِيزُ

When Our decree came (to pass), We delivered Salih and those who believed with him by mercy from Us, and (We delivered them) from ignominy of that day; verily thy Lord, He is the Strong, the Mighty. (11:66)10

وَأَخَذَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا الصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا فِي دِيَارِهِمْ جَاثِمِينَ

And seized those who were unjust the (mighty) blast so they became in their homes motionless corpses, (11:67)11

كَأَنْ لَمْ يَغْنَوْا فِيهَا أَلَا إِنَّ ثَمُودَ كَفَرُوا رَبَّهُمْ أَلَا بُعْدًا لِثَمُودَ

As though they dwelt not in them; Behold! Verily (the people) Thamud disbelieved in their Lord; Behold! verily away with (the people) Thamud. (11:68)12

Commentary

Verse 65

If the people of Thamud deserved punishment for killing the She-camel assigned to God then a believer in Qur’an should think what would deserve those who killed the men and the children of the House of the Holy Prophet and took their women into captivity, whereas the holy ones were those whom the Holy Prophet had left along with Qur’an behind him recommending his followers to adhere to both. It is said the Holy Imam Husain prayed to the Lord when his baby son Ali was brutally killed in the field of Karbala when he was asking the enemy for a few drops of water to quench the killing thirst of the helpless innocent. O’ my Lord, this son of mine is in no way less than the She-camel of Salih’ in their view. (A.P.).

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