Thamud

The Thamūd (/ˈθɑːmʊd/; Arabic: ثـمـود‎‎) is the name of an ancient civilization in the Hadraumaut known from the 1st millennium BC to near the time of Muhammad. The Thamud civilization was located in the south of the peninsula. Although they are thought to have originated from the Aad tribe several centuries before. Arabic After the destruction of his people saleh moved north to Mad'in Saleh.

Numerous Thamudic rock writings and pictures have been found in Hadraumaut Yemen and throughout Southeastern Arabia.

The oldest known reference to Thamud is a 715 BC inscription of the Assyrian king Sargon II, which mentions them as being among the people of eastern and southern Arabia subjugated by the Assyrians. They were living here much earlier, well before Abraham when we compare the family tree of Prophets, as their Ancestors were Iram and Ars.

They are referred to as ‘Tamudaei’ in the writings of Aristo of Chios, Ptolemy, and Pliny.

Like the ʿĀd, the Qur’an mentions the Thamud in Surah Al-A'raf in the context of several prophets who warned their people of coming judgment. The verses advise Thamud to take warning from the destruction of ʿĀd.

To the Thamud people (We sent) their brother Salih. He said, “O my people! worship Allah: you have no other deity other than Him. There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. This is the she-camel of God sent to you as a Sign. So leave her to eat within God's land, and do not touch her with harm, lest there seize you a painful punishment.
And remember when He made you successors after ʿAd and settled you in the land, and you take for yourselves palaces from its plains and carve from the mountains, homes. Then remember the favors of God and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption.”

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