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۞ وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَٰلِحًۭا ۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ هُوَ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱسْتَعْمَرَكُمْ فِيهَا فَٱسْتَغْفِرُوهُ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى قَرِيبٌۭ مُّجِيبٌۭ﴿٦١

Translation (Sahih International)

And to Thamud [We sent] their brother Salih. He said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. He has produced you from the earth and settled you in it, so ask forgiveness of Him and then repent to Him. Indeed, my Lord is near and responsive."

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
لَكُمlakumyou have
مِّنْminany
إِلَـٰهٍilāhingod
غَيْرُهُۥ ۖghayruhuother than Him
هُوَhuwaHe
أَنشَأَكُمansha-akumproduced you
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
وَٱسْتَعْمَرَكُمْwa-is'taʿmarakumand settled you
فِيهَاfīhāin it
فَٱسْتَغْفِرُوهُfa-is'taghfirūhuSo ask forgiveness of Him
ثُمَّthummathen
تُوبُوٓا۟tūbūturn in repentance
إِلَيْهِ ۚilayhito Him
إِنَّinnaIndeed
رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
قَرِيبٌۭqarībun(is) near
مُّجِيبٌۭmujībunAll-Responsive

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Story of Salih and the People of ThamudAllah, the Exalted, says, و(And) This is an introduction to that which is implied, "Verily, We sent." إِلَى ثَمُودَ(to Thamud) They were a group of people who were living in cities carved from the rocks, between Tabuk and Al-Madinah (in Arabia). They lived after the people of `Ad, so Allah sent to them, أَخَاهُمْ صَـلِحاً(their brother Salih.) He (Salih) commanded them to worship Allah alone.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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