THE END OF TWO OPPRESSING PEOPLE (VERSE NO. 78 - 84)

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Quran,Translation and Commentary in Brief (Vol. 03)
Verses 85-91Verses 78-84

      Here again the story of two peoples, namely the companions of AIKAT, and the companions of AL-HIJR has been pointed to.

      AIKAT means an uncontrolled bushy forest, overgrown with plants, weeds, lotus and etc.

      As to the question; Who were the Companions of AIKAT? No clear answer is given. But elsewhere in the Qurän (S 25:176ِ191) it is cited that their prophet was HAZRAT SHUAIB, and that their major sin was fraud, and trickery in measure and scale. Therefore, Aikat must have been the name of an inhabited place in Madian, close to some bushy forest. Its people lived a wealthy and luxurious life, and so, pride, vanity, and negligence overtook their minds, and they began to make mischief in the land. Their great prophet, Shuaib warned them, and admonished them to repent and return; but they frankly belied Shuaib, and ridiculed his preaching. Then they incurred the wrath of God upon themselves, by doing evil deeds, and corrupting the land. When their end came a sudden very hot weather seized them, and soon after, a dreadful thunderbolt destroyed them all, as if they had never lived there on the earth!

      The second group of people that were destroyed in this narration are called the companion of HIJR.

      AL-HIJR, which denotes stone and rocky tracts, is a geographical name. There is a place called by this name, (HIJR), some 150 miles north of Medina, in the highway to Syria. This place is known to be where the companions of Al-Hijr used to live. They are also called the people of Thamud, and the Messenger sent to them was named SALIH. They lived in a hilly and mountainous region, hewing the mountains into houses in order to live therein safe and secure; but when the wrath of God touched them, their strongholds availed them nothing.

 

 

 

 

 

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