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وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَٰلِحًا أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فَإِذَا هُمْ فَرِيقَانِ يَخْتَصِمُونَ﴿٤٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And We had certainly sent to Thamud their brother Salih, [saying], "Worship Allah," and at once they were two parties conflicting.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
أَرْسَلْنَآarsalnāWe sent
إِلَىٰilāto
ثَمُودَthamūdaThamud
أَخَاهُمْakhāhumtheir brother
صَـٰلِحًاṣāliḥanSalih
أَنِanithat
ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen behold
هُمْhumThey
فَرِيقَانِfarīqāni(became) two parties
يَخْتَصِمُونَyakhtaṣimūnaquarreling

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Salih and ThamudAllah tells us about Thamud and how they responded to their Prophet Salih, when Allah sent him to call them to worship Allah alone, with no partner or associate.فَإِذَا هُمْ فَرِيقَانِ يَخْتَصِمُونَ(Then look! They became two parties quarreling with each other.) Mujahid said, "These were believers and disbelievers.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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