وَإِن كَانَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ لَظَـٰلِمِينَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And the companions of the thicket [i.e., the people of Madyan] were [also] wrongdoers,
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- இன்னும், அடர்ந்த சோலைகளில் வசித்திருந்த (ஷுஐபுடைய) சமூகத்தாரும் அக்கிரமக்காரர்களாக இருந்தனர்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- තවද සැබැවින් ම (ෂුඅයිබ්ගේ ජනයා වන) අයිකා වැසියෝ ද අපරාධකරුවන් වූහ.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اور بے شک اَیکَہ بستی کے رہنے والے يقيناً ﻇالم تھے.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- また森の仲間も不義を行う者であった。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 那丛林的居民确是不义的，
Tafsir of 15:78
The Destruction of the Dwellers of Al-Aykah, the People of Shu`ayb The Dwellers of Al-Aykah, were the people of Shu`ayb. Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah and others said that Al-Aykah refers to intertwined trees. Their evildoing included associating partners with Allah (Shirk), banditry and cheating in weights and measures. Allah punished them with the Sayhah (the awful cry or torment), the earthquake, and the torment of the Day of Shadow. They lived near the people of Lut, but at a later time, and the people of Lut were known to them, which is why Allah says, وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ (They are both on an open route, plain to see.) Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak and others said, "a visible route." This is why, when Shu`ayb warned his people, he said to them, وَمَا قَوْمُ لُوطٍ مِّنكُم بِبَعِيدٍ (And the people of Lut are not far off from you!) 11:89
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
