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cv. 4, the word sijjil is used for pellets of hard-baked clay in connection with Abraha and the Companions of the
Elephant. (11.82)
11:84 - To the Madyan people (We sent) Shuaib one of their own brethren: he said: "O my people!
worship Allah: ye have no other god but Him. And give not short measure or weight: I see you
in prosperity but I fear for you the Penalty of a Day that will compass (you) all round. 15821583
1582 Cf. vii. 85-93. The location of Madyan is explained in n. 1053 to vii. 85 and the chronological place of Shu'aib in n.
1064 to vii. 93. The point of the reference here is different from that in S. vii. Here the emphasis is on Allah's dealings
with men and men's crooked and obstinate ways: there the emphasis was rather on their treatment of their Prophet,
thus throwing light on some of the sins of the Makkans in later times. (11.84)
1583 The Midianites were a commercial people, and their besetting sin was commercial selfishness and fraudulent dealings
in weights and measures. Their Prophet tells them that that is the surest way to cut short their "prosperity", both in the
material and the spiritual sense. When the Day of Judgment comes, it will search out their dealings through and
through: "it will compass them all round," and they will not be able to escape then, however much they may conceal
their frauds in this world. (11.84)
11:94 - When Our decree issued We saved Shuaib and those who believed with him by (special)
Mercy from Ourselves: but the (mighty) Blast did seize the wrongdoers and they lay prostrate
in their homes by the morning 1596
15:78 - And the Companions of the Wood were also wrongdoers; 2000
2000 "Companions of the Wood": As-hab ul Aikati. Perhaps Aika is after all a proper noun, the name of a town or tract. Who
were the Companions of the Aika? They are mentioned four times in the Qur-an, viz., here, and in xxvi. 176-191;
xxxviii. 13; and 1. 14. The only passage in which any details are given is xxvi. 176-191. There we are told that their
Prophet was Shu'aib, and other details given correspond to those of the Madyan, to whom Shu'aib was sent as
Prophet;, see vii. 85-93. In my notes to that passage I have discussed the question of Shu'aib and the Madyan
people. It is reasonable to suppose that the Companions of the Wood were either the same as the Madyan, or a
Group among them or in their neighbourhood. (15.78)
15:79 - So We exacted retribution from them. They were both on an open highway plain to see.
2001
2001 Both: i.e., The Cities of the Plain and the Companions of the Aika. (15.79)
15:80 - The Companions of the Rocky Tract also rejected the apostles: 2002
2002 "The Rocky Tract" is undoubtedly a geographical name. On the maps of Arabia will be found a tract called the Hijr,
north of Medinah, Jabal Hijr is about 150 miles north of Madinah. The tract would fall on the highway to Syria. This
was the country of the Thamud. For them and the country see vii. 73, n. 1043. (15.80)
15:83 -But the (mighty) Blast seized them of a morning 2004
2004 The mighty rumbling noise and wind accompanying an earthquake. See vii. 78, n. 1047. (15.83)
28:76 -Qarun was doubtless of the people of Moses; but he acted insolently towards them: such
were the treasures We had bestowed on him that their very keys would have been a burden to
a body of strong men: Behold his people said to him: "Exult not for Allah loveth not those who
exult (in riches). 340434053406
28:79 - So he went forth among his people in the (pride of his worldly) glitter. Said those whose
aim is the Life of this World: "Oh that we had the like of what Qarun has got! For he is truly a
lord of mighty good fortune." 3410
28:81 - Then We caused the earth to swallow him up and his house; and he had not (the least little)
party to help him against Allah nor could he defend himself. 3411
33:9 - O ye who believe! Remember the Grace of Allah (bestowed) on you when there came down
on you hosts (to overwhelm you): but We sent against them a hurricane and force that ye saw
not. But Allah sees (clearly) all that ye do. 367936803681
3679 In this verse is summed up the beginning and the end of the fateful struggle of the Siege of Madinah in A.H. 5. The
composition of the unhallowed Confederacy that came to destroy Islam is referred to in the Introduction. They came
with a force of ten to twelve thousand fighting men, an unprecedented army for that time and country. The battle is
known as the Battle of the Trench. (33.9)
44:37 - What! are they better than the people of Tubba and those who were before them? We
destroyed them because they were guilty of sin. 47154716
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