Salih's she-camel

ناقة صالح

A sign sent to Thamud: God's she-camel, with her appointed day of water and theirs; their most wretched hamstrung her and the promised punishment seized them after three days. Salih said: this is God's she-camel, a sign for you.

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Qur'an 11:64· Qur'an 11:65· Qur'an 17:59· Qur'an 26:155· Qur'an 26:156· Qur'an 26:157· Qur'an 54:27· Qur'an 54:28· Qur'an 54:29· Qur'an 7:73· Qur'an 7:77· Qur'an 91:13· Qur'an 91:14
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Salih· Thamud

People and things also explored

Al-Dar al-Akhira (The Hereafter) lesson series· Thamud· Salih· al-Hijr· The birds of the elephant· Anam (livestock: camels, cattle and sheep, and their rulings)· The ant· The apes

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  • Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
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Al-Dar al-Akhira (The Hereafter) lesson series

A thirty-three-episode lesson series by Omar Abdelkafy on dying, the grave and what follows, with the practical etiquette of death, from the Assabile archive.