Madain Salih l Photo Gallery.

Olive touch · January 25th, 2005, 01:06 AM

LOCAITON
Northern Saudi Arabia

Since Saudi Arabia don’t issue Tourist VISA enjoy the free tour

.

Madain Saleh.

Madain Saleh is older then its northern sister Petra in Jordan yet Madain
Saleh went through more historical events since it was destroyed by one of
Gods miracle. I think they have to add this location as one of the Worlds wonders.

~The tribe of this town were vanished as Dinosaurs vanished~

Historical view of the city

THE STORY OF THAMUD PROPHET SALEH
(peace be upon Him)

Saleh was born in the ninth generation from Nuh. He was appointed prophet
for the Thamud people who inhabited the moutanous territory between Hejaz
and Palestine. They built their homes by hewing the rocky faces of cliffs.

They lived long lives and worshiped gods made from stone. They refused to
listen to the wisdom of Saleh and challenged him to show them any sign to
prove that an invisible God existed.

They demanded a miracle at their annual festival. They told Saleh: "You pray
to your God and we will pray to ours. Let us see whose prayer is accepted,
yours or ours. That will decide the matter between us.

They came in drones from around the land and gathered around their
decorated stone gods and brought offerings for fulfilments of their prayers.
Clearly the stone gods were unable to respond to their prayers. They then
turned to Saleh and one of them asked him to pray to his God and to bring
out a pregnant camel from the large boulder that was lying on the ground,
and if this she-camel had an off-spring bom in front of their eyes, they would
accept Saleh's God as theirs as well.

Saleh prayed to The Almighty Allah and sure enough a pregnant she-camel
rose out of the large boulder and gave birth to a calf as they watched. They
were clearly struck with wonder on this miracle.

In accordance with Allah's Command, Saleh told the people that they must
share their drink with the camel. It was agreed that the people would use the
water from the village well on all days of the week except one day which was
reserved for the camel and her baby. But they were a disobedient people.

The camel milking

They refused the animals to drink or graze freely in the territory as agreed,
and forced Saleh to assume their full responsibility. Saleh told them
that the camel and her baby were there because they had asked for the
miracle, and they must take care of the animals. They threatened to kill the
two animals. He then reminded them of the benevolence of Allah that only
He could bestow over His creation without asking for it, namely water, rain,
fertility of the land where crops grow, the stone cliffs where they built their
homes, and the clean air that they breathed. They must refrain from their
threatened acts otherwise they would bring down a disaster over
themselves.

One day the people carried out their threat and slew both the mother and her
baby camel. This invited Allah's immediate wrath.

Allah instructed Saleh to leave the territory along with his family and a small
group of true believers before His wrath would strike that insolent people. No
sooner the pious group of believers had crossed over the last of the cliffs,
than a tremendous earth quake -shook the land with a blinding lightning and
an ear shattering thunder. The entire people in that territory perished along
with their false gods.

The stories mentioned in the Holy Quran in those versus:

Araf, Lut, Ibrahim, Hajar, Furqan, Nahl, Ankabooi, Ha-Meem Sajdah, Zariyat,
Qamar, al-Haqah, Fajar, Shams.

The Napatean and Thamud tombs

The people of Nabatean civilization in AL-Hijr were interested in the outside
tomb shape more than the inside . Inside , it was a normal room with tombs in
its ground and walls to keep their deads. the tombs fronts gave an idea
about the technical effects which were imported by AL-Hifr people from the
countries they traded with.

Qasr AL- Fareed

Qaser AL-Bint

Qaser Al-sani

Tombs

The front of a tomb

Two examples to Nabatean tombs entrances

AL Diwan

It is a Nabatean rectangular and irregular temple engraved inside the rock . It
was used in religious liturgy .

Inside taomb

Lion tombs:

These tombs are known like these because of the creatures on top of them .
There are twenty one tombs.

The Nabatean ornaments of tombs.

I hope you enjoyed the tour

.

January 25th, 2005, 06:16 AM

are nabateans related to present day arabs? very intersting pics by the way, this looks even more mysterious then petra. Middle east is the most mysterious place on earth, with so much history, every where you go, you will find some ancient place.

Qatar4Ever · January 25th, 2005, 07:04 AM

This sucks i swear. Not the pics or madinet salah. Ive heard of these places for such long time and seen alot of pictures, each times i get more and more attracted to the place. What sucks is KSA doesnt issue tourist visa. GOD, walla 7aram.. kill hal petrol wil 7aj ow il 3omrah and pictures of acient cities like this, ow ma3ndkim tourist visa. I swear if there is a change of mentality towards tourism saudi arabia in no time can be a hot spot !! It sucks to see it going the other direction

I swear id give everything to have 1/4 of these in qatar at least to show ppl we have proof of a rich history.. im sure this is just one of many things in KSA that bare witness to its great history..

January 25th, 2005, 07:16 AM

i know saudi arabia is full of history and ancient places, afterall western parts of saudi arabia are from the biblical times. if tourism is allowed saudi arabia could become the next egypt or even bigger

Olive touch · January 25th, 2005, 08:01 AM

I would love to thank both of you for responds.

Deol yes The Nabatians are related to the present Arabs and you can see them living in Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
They speak Arabic as we have something called (Nabati poems). I have a hard time understanding their dialoged but I am sure if I used to it I will understand it.
Basically Nabati dialoged is a pure form of Bedwen dialoged.

Thank you so much for the complement Doel and you said that this is more attractive then Petra because you love the land. Petra is more beautiful in the look and looks more new because it was built more current then Madain Saleh + Petra did not face Gods anger therefore it was not destroyed.

Qatar4ever You scared me

. I am sorry for that, but Qataris and us are one this is your land. Qatar has its own attraction as any country in the world.

Again Deol you gave us a bigger complement more then what we worth. I think nothing can beat the pyramids of Geza

.

Soon I will post more historical photos since both of you were interested.

ahmedr · January 25th, 2005, 03:03 PM

Wow, never saw those before! They look so clean and sharp, like they were carved out yesterday! How old are these structures anyway?

Olive touch · January 25th, 2005, 11:51 PM

Hello Ahmad,
I am sorry I really don’t know how old it is but some thousands of years ago at the prophet Saleh time.

Allan · January 29th, 2005, 01:39 AM

This so nice man

Nizey · January 30th, 2005, 06:45 PM

Wow, the history is amazing.

Machiavelli · January 31st, 2005, 02:30 PM

Simply Amazing!
What a place...

Olive touch · January 31st, 2005, 09:28 PM

Really thank you for participation. My pleasure.

Anas Anani · February 21st, 2005, 01:03 AM

Absolutely magnificient!

HiJazzey · February 21st, 2005, 12:02 PM

I've got some books on local archeology at home. I'll post some extra details like dating when I leave the office.

Anas Anani · February 21st, 2005, 01:47 PM

Great mashkoor ya Hayjjazi

Olive touch · May 18th, 2005, 05:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HiJazzey

I've got some books on local archeology at home. I'll post some extra details like dating when I leave the office.

I been waiting for so long Hijhazzy just do it

.

HiJazzey · May 18th, 2005, 08:19 PM

hehe, I forgot about this.

EleGance · May 20th, 2005, 01:05 PM

jesus christ what a place???????????????????????????????????
i wonder why it is so ignored by media!!
can i pay a visit to this place or it seems forbidden?

Olive touch · May 20th, 2005, 10:18 PM

Hello EleGance Saudi Arabia is very isolated to tourists this is why the media
ignore everything from Arabia.

Soon Tourist VISA will be opened. I think you will have the chance to visit
it. If you did just remember me

.

HiJazzy: I was kidding you. I was using your name to raise it up

.

Olive touch · May 20th, 2005, 10:20 PM

Wops My bad.

HiJazzey · May 21st, 2005, 12:50 AM

I'll write a bit anyway Majed, ...tomorrow inshallah

Elegance,
There are some guided tours available. But they're limited in numbers and expensive.

January 25th, 2005, 01:06 AM	#1
Olive touch ~Long Life Hijaz~ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Posts: 283	Madain Salih l Photo Gallery. LOCAITON Northern Saudi Arabia Since Saudi Arabia don’t issue Tourist VISA enjoy the free tour . Madain Saleh. Madain Saleh is older then its northern sister Petra in Jordan yet Madain Saleh went through more historical events since it was destroyed by one of Gods miracle. I think they have to add this location as one of the Worlds wonders. ~The tribe of this town were vanished as Dinosaurs vanished~ Historical view of the city THE STORY OF THAMUD PROPHET SALEH (peace be upon Him) Saleh was born in the ninth generation from Nuh. He was appointed prophet for the Thamud people who inhabited the moutanous territory between Hejaz and Palestine. They built their homes by hewing the rocky faces of cliffs. They lived long lives and worshiped gods made from stone. They refused to listen to the wisdom of Saleh and challenged him to show them any sign to prove that an invisible God existed. They demanded a miracle at their annual festival. They told Saleh: "You pray to your God and we will pray to ours. Let us see whose prayer is accepted, yours or ours. That will decide the matter between us. They came in drones from around the land and gathered around their decorated stone gods and brought offerings for fulfilments of their prayers. Clearly the stone gods were unable to respond to their prayers. They then turned to Saleh and one of them asked him to pray to his God and to bring out a pregnant camel from the large boulder that was lying on the ground, and if this she-camel had an off-spring bom in front of their eyes, they would accept Saleh's God as theirs as well. Saleh prayed to The Almighty Allah and sure enough a pregnant she-camel rose out of the large boulder and gave birth to a calf as they watched. They were clearly struck with wonder on this miracle. In accordance with Allah's Command, Saleh told the people that they must share their drink with the camel. It was agreed that the people would use the water from the village well on all days of the week except one day which was reserved for the camel and her baby. But they were a disobedient people. The camel milking They refused the animals to drink or graze freely in the territory as agreed, and forced Saleh to assume their full responsibility. Saleh told them that the camel and her baby were there because they had asked for the miracle, and they must take care of the animals. They threatened to kill the two animals. He then reminded them of the benevolence of Allah that only He could bestow over His creation without asking for it, namely water, rain, fertility of the land where crops grow, the stone cliffs where they built their homes, and the clean air that they breathed. They must refrain from their threatened acts otherwise they would bring down a disaster over themselves. One day the people carried out their threat and slew both the mother and her baby camel. This invited Allah's immediate wrath. Allah instructed Saleh to leave the territory along with his family and a small group of true believers before His wrath would strike that insolent people. No sooner the pious group of believers had crossed over the last of the cliffs, than a tremendous earth quake -shook the land with a blinding lightning and an ear shattering thunder. The entire people in that territory perished along with their false gods. The stories mentioned in the Holy Quran in those versus: Araf, Lut, Ibrahim, Hajar, Furqan, Nahl, Ankabooi, Ha-Meem Sajdah, Zariyat, Qamar, al-Haqah, Fajar, Shams. The Napatean and Thamud tombs The people of Nabatean civilization in AL-Hijr were interested in the outside tomb shape more than the inside . Inside , it was a normal room with tombs in its ground and walls to keep their deads. the tombs fronts gave an idea about the technical effects which were imported by AL-Hifr people from the countries they traded with. Qasr AL- Fareed Qaser AL-Bint Qaser Al-sani Tombs The front of a tomb Two examples to Nabatean tombs entrances AL Diwan It is a Nabatean rectangular and irregular temple engraved inside the rock . It was used in religious liturgy . Inside taomb Lion tombs: These tombs are known like these because of the creatures on top of them . There are twenty one tombs. The Nabatean ornaments of tombs. I hope you enjoyed the tour . Last edited by Olive touch; May 23rd, 2005 at 06:50 AM.

January 29th, 2005, 01:39 AM	#8
Allan Strength and Honour Join Date: May 2004 Location: Istanbul/Waterloo Posts: 2,351	This so nice man __________________ Veritas Omnia Vincit "The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be." (Socrates)

May 20th, 2005, 10:18 PM	#18
Olive touch ~Long Life Hijaz~ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Posts: 283	Hello EleGance Saudi Arabia is very isolated to tourists this is why the media ignore everything from Arabia. Soon Tourist VISA will be opened. I think you will have the chance to visit it. If you did just remember me . HiJazzy: I was kidding you. I was using your name to raise it up . __________________ ~أهل مكة حمام وأهل المدينة قماري أهل جدة غزلان~

May 20th, 2005, 10:20 PM	#19
Olive touch ~Long Life Hijaz~ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Posts: 283	Wops My bad. __________________ ~أهل مكة حمام وأهل المدينة قماري أهل جدة غزلان~

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January 25th, 2005, 06:16 AM	#2
Deol Guest Posts: n/a	are nabateans related to present day arabs? very intersting pics by the way, this looks even more mysterious then petra. Middle east is the most mysterious place on earth, with so much history, every where you go, you will find some ancient place.

January 25th, 2005, 07:04 AM	#3
Qatar4Ever Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Doha/Texas Posts: 1,847	This sucks i swear. Not the pics or madinet salah. Ive heard of these places for such long time and seen alot of pictures, each times i get more and more attracted to the place. What sucks is KSA doesnt issue tourist visa. GOD, walla 7aram.. kill hal petrol wil 7aj ow il 3omrah and pictures of acient cities like this, ow ma3ndkim tourist visa. I swear if there is a change of mentality towards tourism saudi arabia in no time can be a hot spot !! It sucks to see it going the other direction I swear id give everything to have 1/4 of these in qatar at least to show ppl we have proof of a rich history.. im sure this is just one of many things in KSA that bare witness to its great history..

January 25th, 2005, 07:16 AM	#4
Deol Guest Posts: n/a	i know saudi arabia is full of history and ancient places, afterall western parts of saudi arabia are from the biblical times. if tourism is allowed saudi arabia could become the next egypt or even bigger

January 25th, 2005, 08:01 AM	#5
Olive touch ~Long Life Hijaz~ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Posts: 283	I would love to thank both of you for responds. Deol yes The Nabatians are related to the present Arabs and you can see them living in Saudi Arabia and Jordan. They speak Arabic as we have something called (Nabati poems). I have a hard time understanding their dialoged but I am sure if I used to it I will understand it. Basically Nabati dialoged is a pure form of Bedwen dialoged. Thank you so much for the complement Doel and you said that this is more attractive then Petra because you love the land. Petra is more beautiful in the look and looks more new because it was built more current then Madain Saleh + Petra did not face Gods anger therefore it was not destroyed. Qatar4ever You scared me . I am sorry for that, but Qataris and us are one this is your land. Qatar has its own attraction as any country in the world. Again Deol you gave us a bigger complement more then what we worth. I think nothing can beat the pyramids of Geza . Soon I will post more historical photos since both of you were interested.

January 25th, 2005, 03:03 PM	#6
ahmedr Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cairo Posts: 916	Wow, never saw those before! They look so clean and sharp, like they were carved out yesterday! How old are these structures anyway?

January 25th, 2005, 11:51 PM	#7
Olive touch ~Long Life Hijaz~ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Posts: 283	Hello Ahmad, I am sorry I really don’t know how old it is but some thousands of years ago at the prophet Saleh time.

January 30th, 2005, 06:45 PM	#9
Nizey Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Dubai Posts: 112	Wow, the history is amazing.

January 31st, 2005, 02:30 PM	#10
Machiavelli Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: GREECE Posts: 101	Simply Amazing! What a place...

January 31st, 2005, 09:28 PM	#11
Olive touch ~Long Life Hijaz~ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Posts: 283	Really thank you for participation. My pleasure.

February 21st, 2005, 01:03 AM	#12
Anas Anani BANNED Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 352	Absolutely magnificient!

February 21st, 2005, 12:02 PM	#13
HiJazzey Come on! Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 526	I've got some books on local archeology at home. I'll post some extra details like dating when I leave the office.

February 21st, 2005, 01:47 PM	#14
Anas Anani BANNED Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 352	Great mashkoor ya Hayjjazi

May 18th, 2005, 08:19 PM	#16
HiJazzey Come on! Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 526	hehe, I forgot about this.

May 20th, 2005, 01:05 PM	#17
EleGance Swedish Canadian Join Date: May 2005 Location: Fantasia Posts: 49	jesus christ what a place??????????????????????????????????? i wonder why it is so ignored by media!! can i pay a visit to this place or it seems forbidden?

May 21st, 2005, 12:50 AM	#20
HiJazzey Come on! Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 526	I'll write a bit anyway Majed, ...tomorrow inshallah Elegance, There are some guided tours available. But they're limited in numbers and expensive.