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What is the story of the she-camel, what happened to her, and what was her fate and the fate of her calf?

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The context does not allow for a detailed account of the story of Salih's she-camel, which is briefly mentioned in the Qur'an and Sunnah. The she-camel would enter from one valley and exit from another, drinking their water one day while they drank her milk the next. When they slaughtered her, a shout seized them, destroying them all except Abu Righal, who was in the sacred precinct of Allah. When he left it, he was afflicted by what befell his people.

As for the fate of her offspring, "Al-Saqb" (the calf), there is no authentic evidence concerning it. It is mentioned that it bellowed three times and entered the rock from which the she-camel emerged. It is also said that it is the beast that will emerge at the end of time. It was also said that four men who slaughtered the she-camel pursued it and killed it with an arrow.

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