Hûd
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[11:61]
AND UNTO [the tribe of] Thamūd [We sent] their brother Sālih. He said: "O my people! Worship God [alone]: you have no deity other than Him. He brought you into being out of the earth, and made you thrive thereon. Ask Him, therefore, to forgive you your sins, and then turn towards Him in repentance – for, verily, my Sustainer is ever-near, responding [to the call of whoever calls unto Him]!"

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* v.61 : A short account of the tribe of Thamūd (the “Second ‘ād” of pre-Islamic poetry) is found in sūrah 7, note 56. Cālih is believed to have been the second prophet, after Hūd, sent to the Arabs.
* I.e., out of organic substances which derive their nourishment – and hence their capability of development, proliferation, and evolution – either directly or indirectly from the earth (Rāzī). This is evidently also the meaning of the Qur’anic references to man as “created out of dust” (cf. 3:59, 18:37, 22:5, and 30:20).
* See 7:74 and the corresponding notes.
* See 2:186.