9 Preface وَثَمودَ الَّذينَ جابُوا الصَّخرَ بِالوادِYusuf AliAnd with the Thamūd1 (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?—For Thamūd see first n. to 6:73. Their civilisation shows traces of Egyptian, Syrian, and (later) Greek and Roman influences. They built fine temples, tombs, and buildings cut out of the solid rock. The cult of the goddess Lāt flourished among them.