Tafsir Ibn Abbas: An-Naml, Ayah 48
وَكَانَ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍۢ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ
And there were in the city nine family heads causing corruption in the land and not amending [its affairs].
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And there were in the city the city of Thamūd a band of nine men that is nine men who were causing corruption in the land with acts of disobedience which included their corroding of dinar and dirham coins rendering them worthless and did not reform their ways through obedience to God.
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(And there were in the city nine persons) nine sinful people among the sons of their chieftains: Qaddar Ibn Salif, Masda' Ibn Dahw and their host (who made mischief in the land) through their transgressions (and reformed not) they did not enjoy righteousness nor practised it.