41. OBLITERATION OF ‘ASHAAB-E-AIKAH’
[Aikah] means bush. The city of Ashaab-e-Aikah was located amid lush green forests and blossoming trees. Allah sent Sayyiduna Shu’ayb for their guidance. The didactic sermon that he delivered in front of ‘Ashaab-e-Aikah’ is mentioned in the Holy Quran in the following words:
‘Do you not fear? I am indeed a trustworthy Noble Prophet of Allah to you. Therefore fear Allah and obey me. And I do not ask from you any fee for it; my reward is only upon the Lord of all the worlds. Measure in full, and do not be of those who give less. And weigh with a straight balance. And do not give the people their goods diminished, and do not roam the earth causing turmoil. And fear Him Who created you and the earlier creations.’ They said, ‘You are under a magic spell. You are just a human like us, and indeed we consider you a liar. Therefore cause a part of the sky to fall upon us, if you are of the truthful.’ He said, ‘My Lord is Well Aware of what you do.’ In response they belied him – therefore the punishment of the day of tent (shadow) seized them; that was indeed a punishment of a Great Day.
Summary of this event is that, after listening to the didactic sermon of Sayyiduna Shu’ayb Ashaab-e-Aikah used foul language against him and refuted their Prophet revealing their arrogance and insolence. Their insolence and transgression exceeded
to such an extent that they said, ‘If you are true, then destroy us by dropping a piece of sky upon us.’ After this, the severe Divine torment struck them. What sort of torment it was? Now read about it and learn lesson:
It is mentioned in a blessed Hadees that Allah opened a portal of Hell for these people. Due to this, intense heat and scorching radiations struck everywhere and the people of the area suffered suffocation. So they entered their homes and sprayed water over their
bodies. However, they were not gaining any comfort from shade or water spray. Their bodies were scalding due to the intensity of heat. Then Allah sent a cloud which covered the whole village like a tent. There was coolness and peaceful air under it. Seeing this, all the people came out of their homes and took shelter under that cloud.
When all of the people came under that cloud, an earthquake struck and fire hailed down from the sky. All of them convulsively burnt by that fire like locusts. These people had said out of insolence and transgression that: ‘O Shu’ayb! Destroy us by dropping a piece of sky on us.’ Therefore, the similar torment descended upon this insolent nation and all of them burnt and turned into a heap of ashes.
A necessary illustration
It should be noted that Sayyiduna Shu’ayb was sent as a Prophet to two nations. One was the nation of ‘Madyan’, and the other one were ‘Ashaab-e-Aikah’. Both of these nations refuted him, disrespected him and used foul language against him exposing their atrocity. Due to this, both of these nations were struck with the torment of Allah. The torment that Ashaab-e-Madyan were struck with was meaning the whole earth shattered and trembled due to the horrific and terrifying shriek of Sayyiduna Jibra`eel and the hearts of people tore apart due to the extreme fear and horror, and all of them died within an instant. And ‘Ashaab-e-Aikah’ were struck with the torment the details of which you have read in previous pages.
Source: (QURANIC WONDERS) by ‘ABDUL MUSTAFA A’ZAMI.
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