45 Preface وَلَقَد أَرسَلنا إِلىٰ ثَمودَ أَخاهُم صالِحًا أَنِ اعبُدُوا اللَّهَ فَإِذا هُم فَريقانِ يَختَصِمونَAli Quli QaraiCertainly We sent to Thamūd Ṣāliḥ, their brother, [with the summons:] ‘Worship Allah!’ But thereat they became two groups contending with each other.