147 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; he said: ʿUbayd Allah ibn Saʿd al-Qurashi narrated to us; he said: my uncle narrated to us; he said: my father narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, who said:

“Their settlements ran from al-Hijr to Murrah—an area known as Wadi al-Qurā—about eighteen miles between the Hijaz and Syria. God sent to them Salih while he was still a youthful lad. He kept calling them to God until he grew old, yet only a few weak and downtrodden people among them followed him.”