Surah Hijr ayat 80 Tafsir Quran 15:80

﴿وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أَصْحَابُ الْحِجْرِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ﴾
[ الحجر: 80]

15:80 And certainly did the companions of Thamud deny the messengers.

And verily the dwellers in al-Hijr — a valley between Medina and Syria — namely the tribe of Thamūd denied those who had been sent by God when they denied the prophet Sālih as this constituted a denial of the other messengers since they all shared the fact that they came with the Message proclaiming the Oneness of God.

Similarly did the dwellers of the rocky territory -the Thamudites- deny the truth of the divine message conveyed to them by the Messengers and were wrongful of actions

The Destruction of the Dwellers of Al-Hijr, Who are the People called Thamud The Dwellers of the Al Hijr were the people of Thamud who rejected their Prophet, Salih.
Whoever denies even one Messenger, then he has disbelieved in all of the Messengers, thus they are described as rejecting "the Messengers".
Allah tells us that he ( Salih ) brought them signs to prove that what he was telling them was true, such as the she-camel which Allah created for them out of a solid rock in response to the supplication of Salih.
This she-camel was grazing on their lands, and the people and the camel took water on alternate days that were well-known.
When they rebelled and killed it, he said to them, تَمَتَّعُواْ فِى دَارِكُمْ ثَلَـثَةَ أَيَّامٍ ذلِكَ وَعْدٌ غَيْرُ مَكْذُوبٍ ( "Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days.
This is a promise which will not be belied." ) 11:65 Allah said: وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَـهُمْ فَاسْتَحَبُّواْ الْعَمَى عَلَى الْهُدَى ( And as for Thamud, We showed them and made the path of truth clear but they preferred blindness to guidance. ) 41:17 Allah tells us that, وَكَانُواْ يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ ( And they used to hew out dwellings from the mountains, (feeling ) secure.
) meaning, they were without fear and they had no real need for those houses; it was merely a form of extravagance and work without a purpose.
This could be seen from their work in the houses in the Al-Hijr through which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed on his way to Tabuk.
He covered his head and urged his camel to go faster, saying to his Companions:
«لَا تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتَ الْقَوْمِ الْمُعَذَّبِينَ إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونُوا بَاكِينَ، فَإِنَّ لَمْ تَبْكُوا فَتَبَاكُوا خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يُصِيبَكُمْ مَا أَصَابَهُم»
( Do not enter the dwellings of those who were punished unless you are weeping, and if you do not weep then make yourself weep out of fear that perhaps what struck them may also strike you. ) فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ ( But the Sayhah (torment - awful cry ) overtook them in the early morning.) meaning in the morning of the fourth day. فَمَآ أَغْنَى عَنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُواْ يَكْسِبُونَ ( And all that they used to earn availed them not. ) meaning all of the benefits that they used to gain from their crops and fruits, and the water which they did not want to share with the she-camel that they killed so that it would not reduce their share of the water - all of that wealth would not protect them or help them when the command of their Lord came to pass. وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلاَّ بِالْحَقِّ وَإِنَّ السَّاعَةَ لآتِيَةٌ فَاصْفَحِ الصَّفْحَ الْجَمِيلَ

(15:80) The people of Al Hijr *45 also treated the Messengers as impostors

And certainly did the companions of Thamud meaning

*45) AI-Hijr was the capital city of the people of Thamud, and its ruins are found near the modern city of Al-'Ula' which is to the north west of Al-Madinah, and lies on the route from AI-Madinah to Tabuk.
Though the caravans had to pass through the valley of Al-Hijr, the Holy Prophet had forbidden the Muslims to stay in the valley on their journey.

When Ibn Batutah reached there in the eighth century of Hijrah on his way to Makkah, he wrote: " I have seen the buildings of Thamud hewed into red mountains; the paintings look so bright as if they have been put on only recently....and rotten bones of human beings are found in them even today. " ( See E.N.
57 of VII. )
 

The Destruction of the Dwellers of Al-Hijr, Who are the People called Thamud The Dwellers of the Al Hijr were the people of Thamud who rejected their Prophet, Salih.
Whoever denies even one Messenger, then he has disbelieved in all of the Messengers, thus they are described as rejecting "the Messengers".
Allah tells us that he ( Salih ) brought them signs to prove that what he was telling them was true, such as the she-camel which Allah created for them out of a solid rock in response to the supplication of Salih.
This she-camel was grazing on their lands, and the people and the camel took water on alternate days that were well-known.
When they rebelled and killed it, he said to them, تَمَتَّعُواْ فِى دَارِكُمْ ثَلَـثَةَ أَيَّامٍ ذلِكَ وَعْدٌ غَيْرُ مَكْذُوبٍ ( "Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days.
This is a promise which will not be belied." ) 11:65 Allah said: وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَـهُمْ فَاسْتَحَبُّواْ الْعَمَى عَلَى الْهُدَى ( And as for Thamud, We showed them and made the path of truth clear but they preferred blindness to guidance. ) 41:17 Allah tells us that, وَكَانُواْ يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ ( And they used to hew out dwellings from the mountains, (feeling ) secure.
) meaning, they were without fear and they had no real need for those houses; it was merely a form of extravagance and work without a purpose.
This could be seen from their work in the houses in the Al-Hijr through which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed on his way to Tabuk.
He covered his head and urged his camel to go faster, saying to his Companions: «لَا تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتَ الْقَوْمِ الْمُعَذَّبِينَ إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونُوا بَاكِينَ، فَإِنَّ لَمْ تَبْكُوا فَتَبَاكُوا خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يُصِيبَكُمْ مَا أَصَابَهُم» ( Do not enter the dwellings of those who were punished unless you are weeping, and if you do not weep then make yourself weep out of fear that perhaps what struck them may also strike you. ) فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ ( But the Sayhah (torment - awful cry ) overtook them in the early morning.) meaning in the morning of the fourth day. فَمَآ أَغْنَى عَنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُواْ يَكْسِبُونَ ( And all that they used to earn availed them not. ) meaning all of the benefits that they used to gain from their crops and fruits, and the water which they did not want to share with the she-camel that they killed so that it would not reduce their share of the water - all of that wealth would not protect them or help them when the command of their Lord came to pass. وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلاَّ بِالْحَقِّ وَإِنَّ السَّاعَةَ لآتِيَةٌ فَاصْفَحِ الصَّفْحَ الْجَمِيلَ

( And the dwellers in Al-Hijr ) the people of Salih ( indeed denied (Our ) messengers) Salih and all the other messengers.

And verily, the dwellers of Al-Hijr (the rocky tract) denied the Messengers.

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