Story of PROPHET: SALEH (عليه السلام) Part 8 Chapter 5

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PROPHET: SALEH (عليه السلام)

PART: 8 (Chapter – 5)

THE CALF HOWLS THREE TIMES!

It is mentioned that when they hamstrung the she-camel, the first one who attacked her was Qidar bin Salif, may Allah curse him. He slew her and she fell on the ground. Then all of them rushed forward cutting her into pieces, when her calf watched all this, he fled from there and went onto the peak of the mountain and howled three times.

THE DEADLINE OF THREE DAYS

That is why Saleh said to them: “Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days,” i.e. excluding the day when they slew the she-camel. They could not believe even in that definite threat. When it got darker on that evening they even tried to kill Saleh and dispatch him where the she-camel had gone, according to their claim. “They said: ‘Swear a mutual oath by Allah that we shall make a night attack on him and his family and then we will say to his heir: we did not witness the slaying of his family and we are saying the truth.’” (27:49). We will kill him together with his family and then denounce their murder by disowning it.

THAMUD AND PUNISHMENT

ALLĀH ﷻ said: “And they devised a plot and We planned a plan while they did not perceive. See how was the end of their plot, for We destroyed them and their people all together. 

So these are their houses in utter ruin, because of the evil they committed. Surely, there is a sign in this for the people who have knowledge. And We rescued those who believed and were god-fearing.” (27:50-53)

STONES SENT TO CRUSH THAMUD

ALLĀH ﷻ sent upon those people who plotted to murder Saleh a stone which crushed them and destroyed them before their whole people were destroyed (by the Divine Punishment). When it was the morning of Thursday – which was their first day of the three days – their faces turned pale, as Saleh had warned them. In the evening they said: One day of the deadline has passed. When it was the second day, Friday, their faces were red. In the evening they called each other: Two days of the deadline have passed. When it was the third day, Saturday, their faces were black and in the evening, they said: All three days of the deadline have passed.

اَللّٰهُ أَعْلَم

To be Continued…

ان شاء الله ﺗﻌﺎﻟﯽٰ

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