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Saleh

Islamic prophet
Ṣāliḥ
صالح
Saleh
Salih and the she camel.jpg
Salih inviting his people to see the She-Camel
Illuminated collection of Stories of the Prophets
Born Thamud

Saleh (/ˈsɑːlə/) or Salih (/ˈsɑːli/; Arabic: صالح‎‎ Ṣāliḥ, meaning "Pious") was a prophet of ancient Arabia mentioned in the Qur'an, who prophesied to the tribe of Thamud. Saleh is sometimes equated with Shelakh, a figure from the Hebrew Bible. The preaching and prophecy of Saleh is linked to the famous Islamic story of the She-Camel, which was the gift given by God to the people of Thamud when they desired a miracle to confirm the truth of the message Saleh was preaching.

The Thamudi people are believed to have been the successors to the ancient tribe of ʿĀd. Their ancestor may have been ‘Eber ibn Shelakh the descendant of Noah. In the northwest corner of the Arabian Peninsula, their location is likely to have been the area of what is now known as “Mada'in Saleh” or “Al-Hijr,” between Madinah and the Levant, in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia. With the advance of material civilization, the people of Thamud became materialistic and arrogant as well as godless. Thus, God sent the prophet and seer Saleh, to warn them about the impending doom they would face if they did not mend their sinful ways. In later Islamic history, when Muhammad led his expedition to Tabuk against the Romans, on a reported Roman invasion from the Levant, the prophet and his companions walked past the land of Thamud.


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