سُوْرَةُ الْحِجْرِ
Surah Al-Hijr (15) — Ayah 78
وَإِن كَانَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ لَظَـٰلِمِينَ ﴿78﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And the Dwellers in the Wood [i.e. the people of Madyan (Midian) to whom Prophet Shu‘aib (عليه السلام) was sent by Allâh), were also Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَإِن
wa-in
And were
كَانَ
kāna
And were
أَصْحَـٰبُ
aṣḥābu
(the) companions
ٱلْأَيْكَةِ
l-aykati
(of) the wood
لَظَـٰلِمِينَ
laẓālimīna
surely wrongdoers
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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78. And indeed, the people of the Wood [40] were also wrongdoers.
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Who Were the People of the Thicket (Ashab al-Aykah)?
That is, the dwellers of the forest; meaning, a people who lived near a cluster of trees, and they were near Madyan. Shu‘ayb ؑ was also sent to them. Some people say that the People of Madyan and the People of the Thicket were two separate nations, while according to others, they were the same nation. Their crimes, besides polytheism, included dishonesty in trade and giving less in measure and weight. Their story has already been mentioned in detail in Surah al-A‘raf, verse 85.
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Who Were the People of the Thicket (Ashab al-Aykah)?
That is, the dwellers of the forest; meaning, a people who lived near a cluster of trees, and they were near Madyan. Shu‘ayb ؑ was also sent to them. Some people say that the People of Madyan and the People of the Thicket were two separate nations, while according to others, they were the same nation. Their crimes, besides polytheism, included dishonesty in trade and giving less in measure and weight. Their story has already been mentioned in detail in Surah al-A‘raf, verse 85.
