Surah Hud ayat 94 Tafsir Quran 11:94

﴿وَلَمَّا جَاءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا شُعَيْبًا وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَعَهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَأَخَذَتِ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا الصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا فِي دِيَارِهِمْ جَاثِمِينَ﴾
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11:94 And when Our command came, We saved Shu'ayb and those who believed with him, by mercy from Us. And the shriek seized those who had wronged, and they became within their homes [corpses] fallen prone

And when Our command came for their destruction We delivered Shu‘ayb and those who believed with him by a mercy from Us; and the Cry seized those who were evildoers — Gabriel cried at them — and they ended up lying lifeless prostrate in their habitations keeled over on their knees dead

When Our commend came to pass, We rescued Shuaib together with those who gave credence to his mission and acknowledged Allahs message, an act of mercy vouchsafed by us to whom We bless. And how direful was the one cry* from heavens realm stirring up a merciless blast which overtook the wrongful of actions. They were reduced to a useless form and were laid prostrate and dead under the ruins of their demolished homes

Shu` ayb's threatening of His People When the Prophet of Allah,Shu` ayb, despaired of their response to him, he said, "O mypeople اعْمَلُواْ عَلَى مَكَانَتِكُمْ ( Act according to your ability, ) This means, "Act according to your current ways." This is actually a severe threat. إِنِّى عَـمِلٌ ( I am acting. ) according to my way. سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ وَمَنْ هُوَ كَاذِبٌ ( You will come to know who it is on whom descends the torment that will cover him with ignominy, and who is a liar! ) meaning, between me and you. وَارْتَقِبُواْ ( And watch you! ) This means to wait. إِنِّى مَعَكُمْ رَقِيبٌ ( I too am watching with you. ) Allah then says, وَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا شُعَيْبًا وَالَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَعَهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَأَخَذَتِ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ الصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُواْ فِى دِيَـرِهِمْ جَـثِمِينَ ( And when Our commandment came, We saved Shu`ayb and those who believed with him by a mercy from Us.
And As-Sayhah (awful cry ) seized the wrongdoers, and they lay ( Jathimin ) in their homes.) His saying Jathimin means extinct and lifeless without any movement.
Here Allah mentions that a loud cry ( Sayhah ) came to them.
In Surat Al-A`raf He says a severe quake ( Rajfah ) came to them.
In Surat Ash-Shu`ara', He said it was a torment of a cloudy day.
They were one nation upon which all of these punishments were gathered on the day of their destruction.
In each context, Allah only mentioned that which was suitable.
In Surat Al-A`raf when they said, لَنُخْرِجَنَّكَ يـشُعَيْبُ وَالَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَعَكَ مِن قَرْيَتِنَآ ( We shall certainly drive you out, O Shu`ayb, and those who have believed with you from our town. )7:88 In this verse it was suitable to mention a tremor, or quake ( Rajfah ).
The earth in which they practiced their wrongdoing and they wanted to expel their Prophet from it, shook them.
Here, due to their disrespectful manners in speaking to their Prophet, Allah mentioned the awful cry ( Sayhah ) which overcame them and killed them.
In Surat Ash-Shu`ara' when they said, فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفاً مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّـدِقِينَ ( So cause a piece of the heaven to fall on us, if you are of the truthful! )26:187 Allah said in response, فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ ( So the torment of the day of Shadow seized them.
Indeed that was the torment of a Great Day. )26:189 This is from the intricate secrets and to Allah belongs all praise and much bounty forever.
Concerning the statement, كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْاْ فِيهَآ ( As if they had never lived there! ) This means it was as if they had not lived in their homes before that. أَلاَ بُعْدًا لِّمَدْيَنَ كَمَا بَعِدَتْ ثَمُودُ ( So away with Madyan as just as Thamud went away! ) They ( Thamud ) were their neighbors and they did not live far from the homes of the people of Madyan.
They were similar in their disbelief and their highway robbery.
They were also both Arabs.

Shu` ayb's threatening of His People When the Prophet of Allah,Shu` ayb, despaired of their response to him, he said, "O mypeople اعْمَلُواْ عَلَى مَكَانَتِكُمْ ( Act according to your ability, ) This means, "Act according to your current ways." This is actually a severe threat. إِنِّى عَـمِلٌ ( I am acting. ) according to my way. سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ وَمَنْ هُوَ كَاذِبٌ ( You will come to know who it is on whom descends the torment that will cover him with ignominy, and who is a liar! ) meaning, between me and you. وَارْتَقِبُواْ ( And watch you! ) This means to wait. إِنِّى مَعَكُمْ رَقِيبٌ ( I too am watching with you. ) Allah then says, وَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا شُعَيْبًا وَالَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَعَهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَأَخَذَتِ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ الصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُواْ فِى دِيَـرِهِمْ جَـثِمِينَ ( And when Our commandment came, We saved Shu`ayb and those who believed with him by a mercy from Us.
And As-Sayhah (awful cry ) seized the wrongdoers, and they lay ( Jathimin ) in their homes.) His saying Jathimin means extinct and lifeless without any movement.
Here Allah mentions that a loud cry ( Sayhah ) came to them.
In Surat Al-A`raf He says a severe quake ( Rajfah ) came to them.
In Surat Ash-Shu`ara', He said it was a torment of a cloudy day.
They were one nation upon which all of these punishments were gathered on the day of their destruction.
In each context, Allah only mentioned that which was suitable.
In Surat Al-A`raf when they said, لَنُخْرِجَنَّكَ يـشُعَيْبُ وَالَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَعَكَ مِن قَرْيَتِنَآ ( We shall certainly drive you out, O Shu`ayb, and those who have believed with you from our town. )7:88 In this verse it was suitable to mention a tremor, or quake ( Rajfah ).
The earth in which they practiced their wrongdoing and they wanted to expel their Prophet from it, shook them.
Here, due to their disrespectful manners in speaking to their Prophet, Allah mentioned the awful cry ( Sayhah ) which overcame them and killed them.
In Surat Ash-Shu`ara' when they said, فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفاً مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّـدِقِينَ ( So cause a piece of the heaven to fall on us, if you are of the truthful! )26:187 Allah said in response, فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ ( So the torment of the day of Shadow seized them.
Indeed that was the torment of a Great Day. )26:189 This is from the intricate secrets and to Allah belongs all praise and much bounty forever.
Concerning the statement, كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْاْ فِيهَآ ( As if they had never lived there! ) This means it was as if they had not lived in their homes before that. أَلاَ بُعْدًا لِّمَدْيَنَ كَمَا بَعِدَتْ ثَمُودُ ( So away with Madyan as just as Thamud went away! ) They ( Thamud ) were their neighbors and they did not live far from the homes of the people of Madyan.
They were similar in their disbelief and their highway robbery.
They were also both Arabs.

( And when Our commandment ) Our chastisement ( came to pass we saved Shu’ayb and those who believed with Him by a mercy from Us ) by a grace from Us; ( and the (Awful ) Cry) announcing chastisement ( seized those who did injustice ) the idolaters, i.e. the people of Shu’ayb, ( and morning found them prostrate ) dead, turned into dust ( in their dwellings ) in their houses.

And when Our Commandment came, We saved Shu'aib and those who believed with him by a Mercy from Us. And As-Saihah (torment - awful cry, etc.) seized the wrong-doers, and they lay (dead) prostrate in their homes.

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