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08 October 2006

Foot prints of Prophet saleh's Camel- Salalah

Prophet salehs footprint:

Located in the center of AL-Hasselah area next to Al Nasr club from the east and it can be accessed through July 23 street. In this site the footprint of the camel of Prophet Saleh, who is mentioned in the Koran, can be seen on a small mountain and it has been fenced and covered by the authorities to prevent it from erosion effects. Next to the footprint there is a small cave and there are some holes next to the footprints said to be the blood of the camel. The site is turned to be one of the favorite places throughout the year by the visitors who want to know about the footprints.

Footprint of the camel of Prophet Saleh


Prophet Salih’s(pbuh) camel was killed at this place





Littile Story:


Muslim writers have elaborated upon the story of Saleh and the she-camel. Early Islamic tradition often involved a motif of the camel miraculously emerging from stone, often accompanied by a calf, and the production of milk from the camel. Al-Tabari states that Saleh summoned his people to a mountain, where they witnessed the rock miraculously split open, revealing the camel. The she-camel had a young calf. Saleh informed the Thamud that the older camel was to drink from their water source on one day, and they were to drink from it the next day. On days when they were not allowed to drink water, the camel provided them with milk. But God informed Saleh that a boy who would hamstring the camel would soon be born to the tribe, and that child was evil and grew unnaturally fast. The camel was indeed killed, and its calf cried out three times, signaling that the Thamud would be destroyed in three days. Their faces turned yellow, then red, then black, and they died on the third day as predicted.



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