When they came here, there would have been many buildings and they made their buildings alongside them and eventually, theirs outgrew the previous ones. Objection number 2 is not a major problem once we consider the various factors involved. Assalam alikum forget the rest of what Ive put down but I was just wondering does 36:41 prove that every one on the earth comes from the people of tge ark if yes then how does that work because people could still see thamud dwellings so that means they could only come thousands of years of go but we know noah had to come near them but we know humans have been here at least 40 thousand bc so how do we explain this, Assalam alikum thanks for the answers but thamud had to be destroyed no lesser than 3000 bc not 800 bc jazzakallah because thamud came before Abraham jazzakallah but thanks, Also if the quran says the area is wadi al qura then madian al saleh is not wadi al qura jazzakallah but thanks, But of course in there empire day they would of probably built in wadi al qura and al ula and madian al saleh and else where in there area because they would of had a large population any where between 20 thousand to 50 thousand people because mekkah and median together came to 20-40 thousand people in the prophets day and 40:21 says these people were more in population so they had to be more than mekkah and median, Assalam alikum also dies 7:74 mean that Thamud were the descendents of ad or not or were they they descendents of ad jazzakallah. As I mentioned in our discussion on your post regarding Gog and Magog, I was very interested to read your reply to the missionary accusation regarding Thamud, because the argument seems to be rather recent and it seems to at least on its surface have good argumentation and hence we as Muslims must develop countermeasures. [27] Both tribes are of great reputed antiquity and, according to traditional Arab genealogists, are two of the four ba 'ida, or extinct tribes. Yes, the Thamd denied their Lordso away with the Thamd! According to the Greek historian, Diodorus Siculus, the Nabateans have a law neither to sow corn nor to plant any fruit-bearing plant, nor to use wine, nor to build a house. The Quran and Sunnah do not identify any specific existing ruins as belonging to the first ancient tribe of Thamud, although some Muslim historians and popular folklore have done so. If we try to discuss the lineage of the Arabs well be here forever. The ruined abandoned wells and ruined lofty palaces were present at the time of the Prophet (). Your email address will not be published. Dealing with faith-related doubts in Islam. [7] Today, all these areas are located in the Arab world with the exception of Khuzestan. 63-65. Indeed, we see in you foolishness and indeed, we think you are of the liars.Chapter 7, Verse 66, Have you come to us that we should worship Allah and leave what our fathers worshiped? This shouldnt be surprising as the Quraish, and in fact most faiths, do the same thing. An envoy was sent to the nations to say, Also is 27:52 past tense or present sorry to keep bothering you but these are it, Because you said 27:52 said they are destroyed fallen buy 89:9 makes it sound like there still standing clean and like brand new etc, 5. The Aad and Thamud were both located in the northwestern part of modern day Saudi Arabia near the border of Jordan. You can find the first onehere), Thamud were before time of the Israelites they were same time as the Assyrians who they mixed with. We have to be open to the idea that a person living thousands of years ago will have a different concept of a place of dwelling than we, in the 21st century, do. Its like me living in a house, then someone tears it down and then builds another house and says Abdullah used to live in that house while the fact is that I did not. 3) The tombs were in fact built by Thamud as houses and the Nabateans simply inscribed them later. Nabateans replaced them and built on them/around them If you keep that mindset, youll go far, Inshallah. The Quran mentions the Thamud as an example of an ancient polytheistic people who were destroyed by God for their sins. But the Thamud were more nuanced in their rejection. Mostafa Badawi, in his book Ancient Prophets of Arabiasays thatthe people ofThamdlived in the 8th century BCE in the al-Hijr region and were destroyed. Archeologists have put these ruins from the first century BCE and the first century CE. 4. According to Dr. Nehme, a senior research scientist at the French National Center for Scientific Research, the Nabateans have left us with almost no written material that would shed any light on their origins or even daily affairs. [27], The migration of Arab tribes to Mesopotamia began in the seventh century, and by the late 20th century constituted about three quarters of the population of Iraq. A little later, Pliny, the Elder (d. 79 AD), a Roman historian, while writing hisNatural History,mentions theThamudaei5 a people dominant in Hegra, adjoining the Nabataeans. Can someone please answer 89:9 because Im really stuck on this verse. Thus, if the Quran is in error about the identities of whoever carved out the structures in Madian Salehor wherever else the Thamud livedthe Bible is also in error when it claims a pre-Nabatean people carved out structures in the mountains of Edom. The story of musa (muses) a.s. _ Magic and Illusi Suhih Muslim _ Book of "End of the World", Who is Musa a.s. (Moses) ? The means of God's destruction of Thamud include a thunderbolt, a storm, a shout, and an earthquake. Allah sent a powerful windstorm to the Aad that destroyed them and left them sprawled and mangled in their homes. The Nabataean kingdom existed from the 3rd or 2nd century BC, could it be that their punishment was a long one after a prophet was sent to them sometime before Prophet Isa AS? They were Giants and so powerful. Such an amazing thing was supposed to be their sign. They conquered other nations and treated them harshly. Heres how Allah describes their punishment. Certainly many of these ancient civilizations were advanced for their times and certainly more advanced than the Arabs as they had very little structures and civilization development and they were tribal societies and not big cities. Expel Jews and Christians from Arabian Peninsula? Before the destruction came to them, Hud and his small group of followers escaped the area and were spared the punishment. So you could see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees. [10], Arab Islamic sources state that the Thamud were an early Arab tribe that had gone extinct in ancient days. Secondly, 15:81 makes it clear that they denied a Messenger sent to them and were destroyed as a consequence. Thamud scripts and finds are noted in the area as well as possible signs of the ancient people before Thamud. 2. Instead, the camel is killed by a certain "accursed Amar", and the camel's foal stands upon a rock and curses Thamud, leading to the tribe's annihilation except for a single lame woman who is spared to spread the message of the destruction. The Aad werent about that. Syed Suleman Nadvi discusses this in Tarikh Ard al-Quran vol.2. But the inscriptions in Lihyanite script and some recently discovered archaeological vestiges are evidence for human settlementas early as the 3rd or 2nd century BCE. Based on the Quranic and Biblical evidence, and the lack of archeological evidence which can conclusively show that every single structure that is excavated, and those that will be excavated in the future, are all Nabatean in origin, I believe carving out structures on hills and mountains originated with the Thamud, which was later adopted by the Edomites, which later still, was adopted by the Nabateans. Other ahadith mention that this was the land of Thamud ie. They didnt bluntly reject Salih like the Aad did to Hud. And We saved those who believed and had Taqwa. If anyone has evidence of at least one dead body having been found in the recesses, Im open to change my mind. Compared to modern civilizations of this time that we live in, these were still archaic and that is just sign of the times but compared to those who came after them in the lands, these destroyed civilizations were e definitely stronger. I am sure that is not the intention but it may appear like that. He replaced the people of the Flood with the Aad and then replaced the Aad with the Thamud. After the destruction of Ad, Thamud succeeded them in power and grandeur. I think some more research is needed to establish where the ruins are that are clearly mentioned in the Tabuk expedition hadith. Hud tried to reason with his people by reminding them of the many favors Allah had given them. Or there fallen down relics are still better than you houses now 3. or there fallen down relics show they are/were better than you 4. Surviving quotations from Agatharchides's On the Erythrean Sea, from the second century BCE, reports that the Thamud Arabs then inhabited a "stony and large shore" of the Arabian coastline, south of the Gulf of Aqaba. Beni Hassan defeated both Berbers and Black Africans in the region, pushing them southwards to the Senegal river while the Arab tribes settled in Mauritania. And We gave them Our signs, but from them they were turning away. Thats all the Thamud had to do. Do you think that there inside of there buildings had to of caved in The Nabateans who made the carvings in Madain Saleh and Petra, as well as other Arab groups like the Dedanites/Lihyanites, are their successors. 12. But as well see below, archaeological and literary records place them firmly in Northern Arabia/Jordan, well after the death of Jesus (33 AD). [ Qur'an and Suhih Sunnah - Islamic Knowledge ]. Thamd, in ancient Arabia, tribe or group of tribes known to be extant from the 8th century bce to the 5th century ce. Both tribes are of great reputed antiquity and, according to traditional Arab genealogists, are two of the four ba 'ida, or extinct tribes. Ptolemy, who lived in the second century, wrote that the "Thamuditai" tribe inhabited the Red Sea coastline, and that the "Thamoudenoi" tribe lived in inland northwestern Arabiaeither or both may be references to the Thamdwhile his contemporary Uranius believed that the Thamd neighbored the Nabateans. A Warning to the Disbelievers and a Reminder of the Story of `Ad and Thamud. They are mentioned in the Quran as examples of civilizations that Allah had destroyed because of their sins and as signs of the fleeting nature of the worldly power. This is attested by Safaitic inscriptions (beginning in the 1st century BCE) and the many Arabic personal names in Nabataean inscriptions. Their responses were a reflection of this culture. We hardly know anything about the Nabateans aside of their nomadic life-style, which is not consonant with building these incredible structures. [22], The first wave of Arab immigration to the Maghreb began with the conquest of the Maghreb in the seventh century, with the migration of sedentary and nomadic Arabs to the Maghreb from the Arabian Peninsula. Also there were no prophets between Isa AS and Muhammad SAW which is another issue to clarify. If they were made for dead bodies, it stands to reason that we should find at least one dead body in them. 4) That the ORIGINAL dwellings in the valley were Thamuds but Nabateans built them further. However, now none may be visible and what is visible now are those made centuries later. Whereas the people who did cravings in al-Hijr were Nabateans. Al-ijr, Saudi Arabia: ancient Thamd house, This article was most recently revised and updated by. Summary: The cravings that Quran says were done by Thamud were in Wad l-Qura. Firstly, Ashab al-Hijr seem to be Thamud (15:80-85) because although this is the only time they are called this name, commentators unanimously agree that they are Thamud. Or is that verse just saying what they used to do in the vally Allah doesnt need you. The Ghassanids increased the Semitic presence in the then Hellenized Syria, the majority of Semites were Aramaic peoples. [23] Arab tribes such as Banu Muzaina migrated, and the Arab Muslims in the region had more impact on the culture of the Maghreb than the region's conquerors before and after them. One Who missed the Friday Prayer should pray Zuhr: Moving the Finger in Tashahhud : Fatwa Collection_ 40 short hadiths filled with wisdom. In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. A Brief History of ` Ad and Thamud ` Ad is the name of a person who is in the fifth generation after Sayyidna Nuh ( ) and is among the progeny of his son Sam. This is an odd conclusion. He said, O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. Perhaps these survivors were Prophet Hud (AS) and his followers. In fact, they are no recognised as Nabatean tombs, resembling the earlier more primitive ones among those to be seen at Petra in present day Jordan, not the late elaborately carved Greco-Roman facades. Ive discussed this more below. Witch of these sound more like what the verse is meaning, 5. from there I will bring you down, 74], , And certainly did the companions of Thamud deny the messengers. Khawiya seems to mean destroyed/overturned but the term could possibly mean ruined too. Had the Prophet () thought that the rock carved structures in al-Hijr were those of Thamd, he would have pointed them out. The general consensus among 14th-century Arab genealogists is that Arabs are of three kinds: The Hawazin tribe and the Quraysh tribe are considered Adnani Arabs. Point by Ismail about the order of the messengers from earliest to latest also is something to ponder over and maybe the people of the Hijr are different from the Thamud. (sorry for all the writting just answer the atharan bit and the 7 things I just wrote Down it doesnt matter about that long paragraph in the middle), Or bonus it just means they were better in building houses on past witch you cant see anymore like effects in 30:50, Any thoughts Bro sorry to keep bothering you with this, Aoa The Quran states regarding them: , And to the Thamud [We sent] their brother Salih. The exact details of their faith are not mentioned much in the Quran, but it was definitely something that was practiced by most of the society. Follow the great majority of Muslims today? As for objection number one, as far as my research has shown, the only reason that the carved-out structures are considered tombs is due to various rectangular carved out niches inside them where the dead bodies were to be placed. [4] Historian Israel Eph'al questions the plausibility of Sargon's account, as the briefness of Sargon's account seems to be at odds with the fact that such a campaign deep into Arabia would have been one of the longest wars in Assyrian history, and because no mention of plunder is provided. [13] Adnanites are believed to be the descendants of Ishmael through Adnan but the traditional Adnanite lineage doesn't match the biblical line exactly. Those people rejected their prophets and did not follow the correct way and Allah did destroy them. However, inside most of them is only a small room about three to four square meters in size. We do not believe in the Bible the way it is today. 2. p.190. 15:75 can also be interpreted as a HISTORICAL sign/reminder when referring to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Do not enter the dwellings of those who wronged themselves unless you are weeping, lest you be afflicted with the likes of what afflicted them. Allah knows best if that really happened (this event is not mentioned in the Quran or Sunnah.). [22], Thamudic is an aggregate name for some 15,000 inscriptions from all over Arabia, which have not been properly studied and identified as separate languages. I hope the Christians, after having read this, will decide to do whats ethical and moral. Nothing but solid rock underlies the rest of the facades. The blast struck the evildoers and they lay dead in their homes, as though they had never lived and flourished there. It seems we gonna have some proper analysis on this case, and Allah (as) knows best! 3. 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