12كَذَّبَت قَبلَهُم قَومُ نوحٍ وَأَصحابُ الرَّسِّ وَثَمودُN. J. DawoodLong before these the people of Noah and the dwellers of Al-Rass1 denied the truth; and so did ThamūdCommentators are disagreed as to the identity of this place-name. Some say it is a town in Yamāmah, others a well in Midian.