141 Preface كَذَّبَت ثَمودُ المُرسَلينَYusuf AliThe Thamūd (people) rejected1 the messengers.For the Thamūd people see n. 1043 to 7:73. They were great builders in stone and a people with agricultural wealth, but they were an exclusive people and oppressed the poor. The point emphasised here is: “How long will your wealth last, especially if you depress your own people and dishonour God’s Signs by sacrilege?” The inscriptions on Thamūd remains of rock-cut buildings in Al Hijr are described in Appendix 7 at the end of this Sūra.