Al-Fajr Verse 9

and Thamûd who carved ˹their homes into˺ the rocks in the ˹Stone˺ Valley;

and Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the Valley;

and Thamood, who hollowed the rocks in the valley,

and the Thamud, who hewed into the rocks in the valley,

And With Thamud who hewed out rocks in the vale,

And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?-

And how did He deal with Thamud who hewed out rocks in the valley?

And with Thamud who carved rocks in the valley;

And the tribe of Thamud, who hewed rocks in the valley.

and [the people of] Thamud, who hollowed out the rocks in the valley,

And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who hewed rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?

And (how He dealt with the tribe of) Thamûd who hewed out huge rocks in the valley (to make their housings)?

And Thamud who pierced/penetrated the rock/rock terrain at the valley?

And the tribe of Thamud, who hewed rocks in the valley.

And with the people of Thamud when they hewed the great stones in the valley?

And (with) Thamud (people), who cut (hewed) out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?

And (with) Pharaoh, the lord of hosts,

And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,

And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;

(Also consider how He dealt with) the Thamud, who carved their houses out of the rocks in the valley.

And Thamood, who hewed out the rocks of the valley?

And Thamud, who hewed out rocks in the valley

and with the Thamud, who cut out [huge] rocks in the valley,

And Thamood—those who carved the rocks in the valley.

and Thamd, who hollowed, hewed, the rocks (sakhr is the plural of sakhra) in the valley, the Wd al-Qur, [rocks] which they used as dwellings,

And Thamud, who hewed (Jabu) rocks in the valley,

meaning, they cut the rocks in the valley.

Ibn Abbas said,

"They carved them and they hewed them."

This was also said by Mujahid, Qatadah, Ad-Dahhak and Ibn Zayd.

From this terminology it is said (in the Arabic language),

- "the hewing of leopard skin" when it is torn, and

- "The hewing of a garment" when it is opened.

The word `Jayb' (pocket or opening in a garment) also comes from Jabu.

Allah says,

وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتاً فَـرِهِينَ

And you hew in the mountains, houses with great skill. (26;149)

A Mention of Fir`awn

Allah then says,

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الاَْوْتَادِ