Surah Al-Hijr, Ayah 78
Quran 15:78 · The Rocky Tract · Makki · Para 14 · Page 266
وَاِنْ كَانَ اَصْحٰبُ الْاَیْكَةِ لَظٰلِمِیْنَ ۟ۙ
Transliteration
Wa-in kana as-habual-aykati lathalimeen
Saheeh International
And the companions of the thicket [i.e., the people of Madyan] were [also] wrongdoers,
Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir
The people of Shuayb, who lived in a town surrounded by intertwined trees, were wrongdoers; because of their denial of Allah and rejection of His Messenger, Shuayb (peace be with him).
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) on 15:78–15:79
And the Dwellers of Al-Aykah, were also wrongdoers (78)So, We took vengeance on them. They are both on an open route, plain to see (79)
The Destruction of the Dwellers of Al-Aykah, the People of Shu'ayb
The Dwellers of Al-Aykah, were the people of Shu'ayb. Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah and others said that Al-Aykah refers to intertwined trees. Their evildoing included associating partners with Allah (Shirk), banditry and cheating in weights and measures. Allah punished them with the Sayhah (the awful cry or torment), the earthquake, and the torment of the Day of Shadow. They lived near the people of Lut, but at a later time, and the people of Lut were known to them, which is why Allah says,
وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ
(They are both on an open route, plain to see.) Ibn 'Abbas, Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak and others said, "a visible route." This is why, when Shu'ayb warned his people, he said to them,
وَمَا قَوْمُ لُوطٍ مِّنكُم بِبَعِيدٍ
(And the people of Lut are not far off from you!)[11:89]