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Prophet Salih (A.S.)
The people of Thamud lived in a valley called al-Hajr in the north
of Arabia. It was a good land so everything grew very easily. Cattle and
sheep grazed on the land. Everyone had plenty of everything. When people
have a lot, they sometimes forget who provides everything, they sometimes
forget
Allah. When this happen
Allah
sends a messenger or a prophet to try and help the people. To the people of
Thamud,
Allah
sent Salih.
Salih told the people to remember
Allah, but a lot of people just laughed at him and
would not listen. He did not give up. He still tried to persuade them to
worship
Allah
and soon people began to listen. They realized Salih was right. The leaders
of Thamud were upset by this. They did not want people to listen to Salih.
They did not believe Salih was sent by
Allah. They wanted him to prove it, they wanted a sign.
They told Salih to bring them a camel, but it had to be a special camel.
Salih prayed to
Allah
and
Allah
sent the
special camel. The camel gave lots and lots of milk so all the poor people
had enough to drink, and they were very happy. The leaders of Thamud became
angry again to see Salih and his followers so happy. They decided to kill
the camel. Salih told them that
Allah would punish them. Salih took all the good people away from the
valley. A terrible earthquake came and destroyed the valley and all the bad
people. If they had listened to Salih they would have been saved.