The fourth prophet that a part of his life is narrated in this chapter (Sِ27) is Salih, who was sent to the people of Thamud:ِ

      ``And We sent to Thamud their brother Salih who said to them, ``Worship Allah''. Then two groups among them began quarrelling.''

      The main story of Thamud and Salih is found in QURÄN Sِ26: 141ِ159. The point here is the plot against the prophet which was planned by a group of nine men who augured bad omen of Salih's teachings! In the sight of them the pure and truthful preaching of Salih, their compassionate brother seemed to be evil, and they augured bad omen of him! So they conspired to slay him, but Allah perished them utterly.

      The abstract of Salih's Message to the people of Thamud was:ِ ``To worship Allah and no one else''. But they were divided in two groups, concerning the Message. One group of them were the high-handed and insolent disbelievers, and the second group were the low-handed believers who were weaker in physical power. These two groups strived against one another.

      Salih began to admonish them, and warned them of the punishment of God. But they belied him and took no care about his warnings and continued with their evil deeds. One should not think that his evil deeds are overlooked by God when he is not punished. God will always give a chance or a respite to His servant so as to stop doing wrong and to amend and correct himself.

      God's Grace will act cautiously with you, but when you go beyond the limits set by Him, he will disgrace you.

      So instead of following the advices of their compassionate apostle, they adhered to a series of vain talks and chimerical words saying:ِ

      ``We augur bad omen of you and of those who believe you.''

      In fact, they were a people under trial and they failed.