Madain Saleh - Qaum-E-Samood - Prophet Saleh (AS)

Madain Saleh (Al-Hijr) dates back to the Nabataeans Civilization considered as one of the very important archaeological site in Saudi Arabia that is called The Capital of the Monuments as it contains huge amount of diverse and multifaceted monuments.

Mada'in Saleh (Arabic: مدائن صالح, madāʼin Ṣāliḥ), also called Al-Hijr or Hegra (so in Greek and Latin, e.g. by Pliny ), is a pre-Islamic archaeological site located in the Al-Ula sector, within the Al Madinah Region of Saudi Arabia. A majority of the vestiges date from the Nabatean kingdom (1st century CE).The site constitutes the kingdom's southernmost and largest settlement after Petra, its capital.Traces of Lihyanite and Roman occupation before and after the Nabatean rule, respectively, can also be found in situ, while accounts from the Qur’an tell of an earlier settlement of the area by the tribe of Thamud in the 3rd millennium BC

Inscriptions engraved on rocks, facades of graves and mountains to the existence of civilizations that had prevailed and fallen in the area where architecture and sculpture flourished. Every grave facet represents a cemetery for one family.

Madain Saleh is an archeological site in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, located in the of Al Ola sector within the Al Madinah region. It occupies a strategic position linking Mesopotamia with Syria and Egypt. It was the land of Thamoods in Wadi Al Qurah "Valley of Villages", between Al Madinah and Tabouk. They say that, Al Hajar was known as Madain Saleh
Date of Madain Saleh, to more than 3500 years
It lost its status gradually until it became a mere station for pilgrims, providing them with water and food. The Abbasids built castles on the Shami Pilgrimage road including Madain Saleh Castle in Al-Hijr, which is still there.
Then, together with Al-Ula were subject to the Saudi regime in 1924 under the rule of King Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud. The name Madain Saleh is somewhat new and has nothing to do with the Prophet Saleh (Peace be upon Him), the name Madain Saleh was given to Al-Hijr area almost 1400 years ago. Ibn Nasser Addin Mohammed ibn Abdullah quoted Abu Kassim Mohammed Saleh Alborzali that Madain Saleh that located near Al-Ula on the Shami pilgrimage road is an Islamic town and Saleh to which it attributed is one of Beni Abbas ibn Abdul Motalib.




Prophet Saleh (AS)By Dr.Amir Liaquat Hussain In Urdu