Definitions
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- noun A member of a
people of ancientArabia , known from the firstmillennium BC to near the time ofMuhammad , and according to theQur'an punished and destroyed by anearthquake .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It was first inhabited by the people of Thamud who are mentioned prominently in the Qur'an.
Sabria Jawhar: Saudis Struggle With How to Treat Pre-Islamic Artifacts Unearthed in Saudi Arabia 2009
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For example, a mean temperature time series for Thamud, Yemen had 25 years (1956-1981) of monthly values that were exactly identical to the mean temperature data from Kuwait International Airport (12 degrees farther north).
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These men still live in limestone caves, like the Thamud tribe of tradition; also they are Ichthyophagi, existing without any other subsistence but what the sea affords.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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The palm-crowned hills encircled the lapis-lazuli harbor of Zanzibar, on whose waters he saw himself sailing, with this mortal treasure, in a handsome dhow, the tasseled prow shaped like the head of the she-camel sent from heaven to the Thamud tribesmen, the mast fluttering the pennants of ancient sultans.
Sacrifice Stephen French Whitman
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Noah, and 'Ad, and Thamud; the People of Abraham, the men of Midian, and the cities overthrown.
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902
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P: And unto (the tribe of) Thamud (We sent) their brother Salih.
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902
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Noah, and (the tribes of) A'ad and Thamud, and those after them?
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902
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And We gave Thamud the she-camel - a clear portent save to warn.
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902
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P: And to (the tribe of) Thamud (We sent) their brother Salih.
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902
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Y: And We refrain from sending the signs, only because the men of former generations treated them as false: We sent the she-camel to the Thamud to open their eyes, but they treated her wrongfully: We only send the
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902
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