This is Allah (47) Allah destroyed those who denied Shuayb

Madyan’s Leaders Said: If You Follow Allah’s Religion, You Shall Be The Losers, Ignorant And Duped

Who Were The Losers? Those Who Followed Shuayb Or Those Who Denied Him?

Shuayb Said: Why Should I Grieve For A Disbelieving People? And Therefore Were Destroyed?

Has Allah Destroyed Madyan By Earthquake Or Electric Shock?

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Many people do not know Allah. This series is an attempt to help them in order to know and acknowledge their Creator.

The verses 7:90-93 of the Noble Quran talk about:

1) Madyan’s leaders said: if you follow Allah’s religion, you shall be the losers, ignorant and duped,

2) Allah punished and destroyed those who denied Shuayb,

3) Who were the losers? Those who followed Shuayb or  those who denied him?,

4) Shuayb said: why should I grieve for a disbelieving people? And therefore were destroyed? And

5) Has Allah destroyed Madyan by earthquake or electric shock?

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In the previous articles of the series, the Prophet Shuayb said unto the people of Madyan (Midian):O my people,

1- Worship Allah! you have no god other than Him,

2- Give full measure and weight and do not diminish the value of people’s goods, and do not work corruption in the earth,

3- Do not Lurk on every road that people use to threaten, scare and take the clothes of strangers, and to turn away the believers from Allah’s path.

4- And remember when you were but few, and then Allah multiplied you.

Then, Shuayb said unto them:

And if there is a party of you who believe in that with which I have been sent, and a party who do not believe, in it, then have patience and wait until Allah judges between us and you, by delivering the affirmer of this truth and destroying the denier of it. Allah is the best of judges, the fairest of them.

The chieftains of Madyan, who were scornful and disdainful towards believing said:

‘Surely we will expel you, O Shuayb, and those who believe with you, from our township, unless you return to embrace our creed, our religion

Shuayb said:

We should have invented a falsehood against Allah if we returned to your religion after Allah has rescued us from it

It is not, right, for us to return to it, unless Allah our Lord wills that [it be so] and forsakes us.

Then Shuayb prayed:

Our Lord, decide with truth, adjudicate with justice, between us and our people, for You are the best of deciders’, adjudicators; for You are the best of those who make decision, the best of judges.

The chieftains, the leaders of Madyan said:

 

The meaning of verse 7:90

The leaders (disbelievers) of Madyan said unto those (believers) who followed Shuayb:

Verily if you follow Shuayb in his religion and submit to Allah, then truly you shall be the losers, ignorant and duped.

 

The meaning of verse 7:91

So the Trembling, the violent earthquake and the loud noise announcing their torment, seized them, and they lay lifeless prostrate keeled over their knees, dead (in their dwelling-place) in their town and encampments.

It is also said that the cause of their death was severe shock preceded by a violent and loud noise, a kind of severe electric shock.

 

The meaning of verse 7:92

Those who denied Shuayb were destroyed and became as though they had not dwelt there, it is as if they had never dwelt in those dwelling-places of theirs; Those who denied Shuayb, they were the losers in that they were punished.

 

The meaning of verse 7:93

The Prophet Shuayb departed from them before they were destroyed, and said:

O my people! I have conveyed and delivered to you the Messages of my Lord, by explaining the commands and prohibitions and gave you good advice, I advised you sincerely, I warned you of Allah’s torment and invited you to repent and believe; then how can I sorrow for a people that rejected Allah, why should I grieve for a disbelieving people? and therefore were destroyed?

(the interrogative is meant [rhetorically] as a negation).

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Verses 7:90-93 in different English translations of the meanings of Arabic Quran:

QARIB:

90) But the unbelieving assembly of his nation said: ‘if you follow shu’aib, you shall assuredly be losers.’

91) So the earthquake seized them, at the morning they were crouched in their dwellings, dead.

92) It seemed as if those who had belied shu’aib had never lived there. those who belied shu’aib were the losers.

93) He turned away from them saying: ‘i conveyed to you, my nation, the messages of my Lord and advised you. how can i grieve for the unbelieving nation? ‘

 

SHAKIR:

90) And the chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his people said: if you follow shu’aib, you shall then most surely be losers

91) Then the earthquake overtook them, so they became motionless bodies in their abode

92) Those who called shu’aib a liar were as though they had never dwelt therein; those who called shu’aib a liar, they were the losers

93) So he turned away from them and said: o my people! certainly i delivered to you the messages of my Lord and i gave you good advice; how shall i then be sorry for an unbelieving people?

 

PICKTHAL:

90) But the chieftains of his people, who were disbelieving, said: if ye follow shu’eyb, then truly ye shall be the losers.

91) So the earthquake seized them and morning found them prostrate in their dwelling-place.

92) Those who denied shu’eyb became as though they had not dwelt there. those who denied shu’eyb, they were the losers.

93) So he turned from them and said: o my people! i delivered my Lord’s messages unto you and gave you good advice; then how can i sorrow for a people that rejected (truth)?

 

YUSUFALI:

90) The leaders, the unbelievers among his people, said: “if ye follow shu’aib, be sure then ye are ruined!”

91) But the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in their homes before the morning!

92) The men who reject shu’aib became as if they had never been in the homes where they had flourished: the men who rejected shu’aib – it was they who were ruined!

93) So shu’aib left them, saying: “o my people! i did indeed convey to you the messages for which i was sent by my Lord: i gave you good counsel, but how shall i lament over a people who refuse to believe!”