45وَلَقَد أَرسَلنا إِلىٰ ثَمودَ أَخاهُم صالِحًا أَنِ اعبُدُوا اللَّهَ فَإِذا هُم فَريقانِ يَختَصِمونَN. J. DawoodTo Thamūd We sent their kinsman Ṣāliḥ. He said: ‘Serve none but God.’ But they divided themselves into two discordant factions.