English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
The People of the Wood rejected the Messengers,
English - Five Volume Translation
The People of the Wood rejected the Messengers,
Important Words:
الایکة (the wood) is derived from the verb أیک (ayika). أیک الشجر means, the trees grew thick and formed a wood. الایکةmeans, a collection of numerous tangled or dense trees of the kind of lotus and wild berries; a thicket (Lane & Aqrab). See also 15:79.
Commentary:
The word الایکة seems to refer to Midian in the neighbourhood of which there existed tangled and luxuriant trees after which these people or a section thereof were called اصحاب الایکة. Midian lay in the Sinai Peninsula, a few miles from the sea. It was originally the name of a tribe who were descended from Abraham through Katurah and who had settled in the locality known after their ancestor Midian, son of Katurah.
The fact that according to the Quran the Prophet Shu‘aib was sent both to اصحاب الایکة i.e. People of the Wood and اصحاب مدین i.e. People of Midian (7:86 & 11:85) shows that both these were the names of two sections of the same people, Shu‘aib particularly belonging to the section known as مدین, because where in the Quran he is stated as having been sent to صدین he is described as "their brother" and where he is mentioned as having been sent to اصحاب الایکة the words "their brother" are omitted.
Further evidence of the close relationship of the "People of the Wood" with the "People of Midian" is furnished by the fact that identical faults have been ascribed in the Quran to both. Compare 26:182-184, 7:86 & 11:85-86. It may further be noted that Midian was both the name of the tribe and the town in which they lived. It was situated at the head of the gulf of Aqaba and near it was the wilderness or Aikah abounding in dwarf trees of the species of wild plumbs and affording shelter to camels, sheep and goats. See also 15:79.
English - Short Commentary Translation
The People of the Wood rejected the Messengers,
اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ
بَن میں بسنے والوں نے بھی پیغمبروں کو جھٹلا دیا تھا۔
French
Le Peuple du Bois rejetèrent les Messagers,
German
Das Volk vom Walde verwarf die Gesandten,
Italian
Il Popolo del Bosco rifiutò i messaggeri,
Spanish
El Pueblo del Bosque rechazó a los Mensajeros,
اردو تفسیرِ صغیر
بَن کے رہنے والوں نے بھی رسولوں کا انکار کیا تھا۔
اردو ترجمہ مودودی
اصحاب الاَیکہ نے رسولوں کو جھٹلایا
English - Sahih
The companions of the thicket denied the messengers
اردو ترجمہ احمد علی
بن والوں نے بھی پیعمبروں کو جھٹلایا
English - Talal Itani
Denied (the) companions (of the) Wood, the Messengers.
English - Arberry
The men of the Thicket cried lies to the Envoys
English - Maududi
The people of Aykah also gave the lie to the Messengers.
English - Ahmed Ali
The people of the Wood too called the messengers liars.
English - Yusuf Ali
The Companions of the Wood rejected the messengers.
English - Five Volume Commentary *
Cross Refs: c
15:79; 38:14; 50:15.
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Important Words:
الایکة (the wood) is derived from the verb أیک (ayika). أیک الشجر means, the trees grew thick and formed a wood. الایکةmeans, a collection of numerous tangled or dense trees of the kind of lotus and wild berries; a thicket (Lane & Aqrab). See also 15:79.
Commentary:
The word الایکة seems to refer to Midian in the neighbourhood of which there existed tangled and luxuriant trees after which these people or a section thereof were called اصحاب الایکة. Midian lay in the Sinai Peninsula, a few miles from the sea. It was originally the name of a tribe who were descended from Abraham through Katurah and who had settled in the locality known after their ancestor Midian, son of Katurah.
The fact that according to the Quran the Prophet Shu‘aib was sent both to اصحاب الایکة i.e. People of the Wood and اصحاب مدین i.e. People of Midian (7:86 & 11:85) shows that both these were the names of two sections of the same people, Shu‘aib particularly belonging to the section known as مدین, because where in the Quran he is stated as having been sent to صدین he is described as "their brother" and where he is mentioned as having been sent to اصحاب الایکة the words "their brother" are omitted.
Further evidence of the close relationship of the "People of the Wood" with the "People of Midian" is furnished by the fact that identical faults have been ascribed in the Quran to both. Compare 26:182-184, 7:86 & 11:85-86. It may further be noted that Midian was both the name of the tribe and the town in which they lived. It was situated at the head of the gulf of Aqaba and near it was the wilderness or Aikah abounding in dwarf trees of the species of wild plumbs and affording shelter to camels, sheep and goats. See also 15:79.
English - Short Commentary Notes *
Cross Refs: f
15:79; 38:14; 50:15.
English - Pickthall
The dwellers in the wood (of Midian) denied the messengers (of Allah),
English - Muhammad Ali ra
The dwellers of the thicket gave the lie to the messengers.
English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ra
The People of the Wood rejected the Messengers,