And to [the people of] Thamūd, Ṣāliḥ, their brother. He said, ‘O my people, worship Allah! You have no other god besides Him. There has certainly come to you a manifest proof from your Lord. This she-camel of Allah is a sign for you. Let her alone to graze [freely] in Allah’s land, and do not cause her any harm,1 for then you shall be seized by a painful punishment.