The Holy Quran 26:176 — Surah Ash-Shu'ara

Arabic text

كَذَّبَ أَصْحَـٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Translation

The people of the forest (Madyan) rejected those sent (as Ambiyaa عليه الصلاة والسلام).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The people of Shu'ayb ﵇, the People of the Aykah: Ibn Kathir ﵀ has written that the “People of the Aykah” are the very same people of Madyan. The “Aykah” was a tree which these people worshipped, and it is by this association that they were called the “People of al-Aykah”. That is also why Shu'ayb ﵇ is not referred to as “their brother” (اَخُوْهُمْ).

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