From the Quranic Arabic Corpus - Ontology of Quranic Concepts

Thamud (ثمود) is the name of a people mentioned in the Quran who carved stone houses out of mountains in ancient Arabia. They were sent the prophet Salih. According to Arab tradition, the stone dwellings at Medain Salih were carved by the ancient people of Thamud. This category is part of the following classification in the ontology: Concept (root) Living Creation Sentient Creation Human Historic People Thamud (ثمود)

Quranic Concept Thamud ثمود Translation Thamud Transliteration thamūd Parent category Historic People Alternative name People of al-Hijr

Thamud is referred to in verse (7:73) of chapter (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights):

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.

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Concept map for Thamud. Related concepts are highlighted in blue.

Knowledge Base

// Predicate logic relations for the ontology concept thamud:

(subclass thamud historic-people)
(name-of people-of-al-hijr thamud)

See Also

• Verse List - Show other verses related to this concept in the Quran (26 occurances)
• Thamud - Wikipedia article
• Quran Index - Index of Quranic concepts

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