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وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَٰلِحًۭا ۗ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ قَدْ جَآءَتْكُم بَيِّنَةٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةُ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ ءَايَةًۭ ۖ فَذَرُوهَا تَأْكُلْ فِىٓ أَرْضِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍۢ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ﴿٧٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And to the Thamud [We sent] their brother Salih. He said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. This is the she-camel of Allah [sent] to you as a sign. So leave her to eat within Allah 's land and do not touch her with harm, lest there seize you a painful punishment.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِلَىٰwa-ilāAnd to
ثَمُودَthamūdaThamud
أَخَاهُمْakhāhum(We sent) their brother
صَـٰلِحًۭا ۗṣāliḥanSalih
قَالَqālaHe said
يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
مَاnot
لَكُمlakumfor you
مِّنْminany
إِلَـٰهٍilāhingod
غَيْرُهُۥ ۖghayruhuother than Him
قَدْqadVerily
جَآءَتْكُمjāatkumhas come to you
بَيِّنَةٌۭbayyinatuna clear proof
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّكُمْ ۖrabbikumyour Lord
هَـٰذِهِۦhādhihiThis
نَاقَةُnāqatu(is) a she-camel
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
لَكُمْlakum(it is) for you
ءَايَةًۭ ۖāyatana Sign
فَذَرُوهَاfadharūhāSo you leave her
تَأْكُلْtakul(to) eat
فِىٓon
أَرْضِarḍi(the) earth
ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi(of) Allah
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَمَسُّوهَاtamassūhātouch her
بِسُوٓءٍۢbisūinwith harm
فَيَأْخُذَكُمْfayakhudhakumlest seizes you
عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment
أَلِيمٌۭalīmunpainful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Thamud: Their Land and Their LineageScholars of Tafsir and genealogy say that (the tribe of Thamud descended from) Thamud bin `Athir bin Iram bin Sam bin Nuh, and he is brother of Jadis son of `Athir, similarly the tribe of Tasm, and they were from the ancient Arabs, Al-`Aribah, before the time of Ibrahim, Thamud came after `Ad. They dwelled between the area of the Hijaz (Western Arabia) and Ash-Sham (Greater Syria).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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