Surah Saad: Verse 13 - وثمود وقوم لوط وأصحاب الأيكة... - English

Tafsir of Verse 13, Surah Saad

وَثَمُودُ وَقَوْمُ لُوطٍ وَأَصْحَٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ

English Translation

And [the tribe of] Thamud and the people of Lot and the companions of the thicket. Those are the companies.

English Transliteration

Wathamoodu waqawmu lootin waashabu alaykati olaika alahzabu

Tafsir of Verse 13

and Thamood, and the people of Lot, and the men of the Thicket - those were the parties;

And Thamud, and the people of Lut, and the Companions of the Wood; - such were the Confederates.

أُولَـٰئِكَ الْأَحْزَابُ (They were the [ strong ] groups. - 38:13) One explanation of this statement is that it is the description of the word 'groups' in verse 11. In other words, 'these are the groups or Confederates that have been pointed out in this verse.' Maulana Thanavi (رح) has gone by this Tafsir in his explanation of the verse. But, other commentators explain it in the sense that actually they were the groups that were really strong, not these people of Makkah. In other words, those who possessed real strength and power were the people of Nuh and ` Ad and Thamud and others like them. Compared with them, the Mushrihs of Makkah were nothing. When such powerful people could not escape Divine punishment, they would hardly count. (Qurtubi)

Verse 13 - Surah Saad: (وثمود وقوم لوط وأصحاب الأيكة ۚ أولئك الأحزاب...) - English