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IslamicPoemsForChildren, page : 111
The storm raged on for eight whole days
and nothing was left of them but to say,
"These were a people who refused to believe,
shaytan had fooled them, they were blind, deceived."
PROPHET SALIH
The people of Thamood were an arrogant tribe
and like the people of Aad, they were steeped in pride.
Allah had blessed them with both strength and skills
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and they hewed homes out of rocks on mountainous hills.
But the skills of their forefathers were not confined to homes,
and nothing was left of them but to say,
"These were a people who refused to believe,
shaytan had fooled them, they were blind, deceived."
PROPHET SALIH
The people of Thamood were an arrogant tribe
and like the people of Aad, they were steeped in pride.
Allah had blessed them with both strength and skills
48
and they hewed homes out of rocks on mountainous hills.
But the skills of their forefathers were not confined to homes,