The She-Camel of God (Arabic: نَاقة الله, romanized: naaqat Allah, lit. 'camel of God (f.)') in Islam was a miraculous female camel sent by God to the people of Thamud in Al-Hijr,[1][2] after they demanded a miracle from Salih to prove his prophethood. The narrative and story of the she-camel is recorded in the Qur'an, particularly in Surah Al Hijr.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Qur'anic mention
Amongst the many narrations in the Qur'an, one historical story deals with the people of Thamud, who lived after the people of ʿĀd in pre-Islamic Arabia. As the people of the community were heavily indulgent in idolatry, besides other issues, God sent the prophet and oracle Saleh to warn them of the impending doom that they would face if they did not mend their fraudulent ways.[10][11][12][13][14][15]
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- Adam's immediate relatives
- Believer of Ya-Sin
- Family of Noah
- Luqman's son
- People of Abraham
- People of Jesus
- People of Solomon
- Zayd (Muhammad's adopted son)
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Days |
- Al-Jumuʿah (The Friday)
- As-Sabt (The Sabbath or Saturday)
- Days of battles
- Days of Hajj
- Doomsday
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Months of the Islamic calendar |
- 12 months: Four holy months
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Pilgrimages |
- Al-Ḥajj (literally 'The Pilgrimage', the Greater Pilgrimage)
- Al-ʿUmrah (The Lesser Pilgrimage)
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Times for prayer or remembrance | Times for Duʿāʾ (' Invocation'), Ṣalāh and Dhikr ('Remembrance', including Taḥmīd ('Praising'), Takbīr and Tasbīḥ):
- Al-ʿAshiyy (The Afternoon or the Night)
- Al-Ghuduww ('The Mornings')
- Al-Bukrah ('The Morning')
- Aṣ-Ṣabāḥ ('The Morning')
- Al-Layl ('The Night')
- Aẓ-Ẓuhr ('The Noon')
- Dulūk ash-Shams ('Decline of the Sun')
- Al-Masāʾ ('The Evening')
- Qabl al-Ghurūb ('Before the Setting (of the Sun)')
- Al-Aṣīl ('The Afternoon')
- Al-ʿAṣr ('The Afternoon')
- Qabl ṭulūʿ ash-Shams ('Before the rising of the Sun')
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Celestial bodies | Maṣābīḥ (literally 'lamps'):
- Al-Qamar (The Moon)
- Kawākib (Planets)
- Nujūm (Stars)
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Baṣal (Onion)
Fūm (Garlic or wheat)
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Liquids |
- Māʾ (Water or fluid)
- Nahr (River)
- Yamm (River or sea)
- Sharāb (Drink)
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