# 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 78

- **Surah:** 15. Surah Al-Hijr (The Rock) — سورة الحجر
- **Verse:** 78 / 99 · **Juz:** 14 · **Mushaf page:** 265
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-78

## Arabic

وَاِنْ كَانَ اَصْحَابُ الْاَيْكَةِ لَظَالِم۪ينَۙ

## Transcription

Wa-in kana as-habual-aykati lathalimeen

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

The people of the Thicket* were also wrongdoers.

### Progressive Muslims

And the dwellers of the forest were wicked.

### Shabbir Ahmed

And the dwellers in woods (of Midyan, the people of Shoaib), were also wrongdoers.

### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And the companions of the woods were wrongdoers,

### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

Andthe people of the Sycamore were wicked.

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

The people of the woods also were transgressors.

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

The dwellers of the Wood (near Midian) were also wicked.

### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

And the companions of the thicket were [also] wrongdoers.

### Muhammad Asad

AND THE DWELLERS of the wooded dales [of Madyan, too,] were inveterate evildoers,

### Marmaduke Pickthall

And the dwellers in the wood indeed were evil-doers.

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

And the people of Aykah were also wrong-doers.[1]

_Footnotes_
- [1] The people of Al-Aikah were the community of Prophet Shuaib (peace be upon him) and were called Midianites after the name of their capital city and their territory. As regards Al-Aikah, it was the ancient name of Tabuk and literally means a thick forest.

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

Thus much did the woodlanders Madyanites wrong themselves and were wrongful of actions.

### Bijan Moeinian

The people of "Thick Forest" (blessed with Prophet Shu’aib, they called themselves Midianites after they capital city and referred to as Tabuk these days) were also indulged in sins.

### Al-Hilali & Khan

And the Dwellers in the Wood [i.e. the people of Madyan (Midian) to whom Prophet Shu‘aib (عليه السلام) was sent by Allâh), were also Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers).

### Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And the Companions of the Wood were also wrong-doers;

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

And the residents of the Forest were truly wrongdoers,

### Taqi Usmani

And the people of Aikah were (also) transgressors.

### Abdul Haleem

The forest-dwellers, too, were wrongdoers

### Arthur John Arberry

Certainly the dwellers in the Thicket were evildoers,

### E. Henry Palmer

And the fellows of the Grove too were unjust;

### Hamid S. Aziz

And the companions of the Wood (Midian), too, were unjust;

### Mahmoud Ghali

And decidedly the companions of the Thicket (i. e., the dwellers of Madyan) were indeed unjust.

### George Sale

The inhabitants of the wood near Midian were also ungodly:

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

And the people of the Woods were also wrongdoers;

### Amatul Rahman Omar

Certainly, the dwellers of the thicket (of Midian) were (also) a wrong doing people.

### Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed the inhabitants of Aykah were wrongdoers.

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

Ashab-ı Eyke (orman halkı; Şuayb a. s. ın kavmi) de gerçekten zalimler idi.

### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı

Eyke halkı da gerçekten zalim kimselerdi.

### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali

Eyke halkı da gerçekten zalim idiler.

### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali

"Eyke" halkı da şüphesiz zalim idiler.

### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Hakikaten eshabı eyke de zalimler idi

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

Gerçekten Eyke halkı da zalim kimselerdi.

### Gültekin Onan

Eyke halkı da gerçekten zalim kimselerdi.

### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim

Ashaab-ı Eyke de cidden zaalim (kimse) lerdi.

### İbni Kesir

Ormanlık yerde oturanlar da gerçekten zalim kimselerdi.

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

(Medyen'in) ağaçlı vadilerinin sakinleri de, doğrusu, ıslah olmaz zalim kimselerdi.

### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı

Eyke halkı zalimlik etti.

### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Gerçekten Eyke halkı da zalim kimselerdi.

### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali

Eyke halkı da gerçekten zalim insanlardı.

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

Doğrusu (Medyen'deki) Yeşil Vadi'nin halkı da zulme gömülmüş kimselerdi.

### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Eykeliler gerçekten zalim kimselerdi.

### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek

Eyke yoldaşları da haksızlık yapanlar arasındaydılar.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Bir başka gerçek de Eyke ahalisinin zalimlikleridir[1].

_Footnotes_
- [1] Yanlış yapmak, yanlışlar içinde olmak

### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir

Eyke halkı da zalimdi.[1]

_Footnotes_
- [1] Eyke halkıyla ilgili bkz. Şu‘arâ 26:176, dipnot 4.

### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Eykeliler gerçekten zalim kimselerdi.

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

Eykeliler gerçekten zalim kimselerdi.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Eyke[1] ahalisi de kesinlikle yanlışlar içindeydi.

_Footnotes_
- [1] Eyke, Şuayb aleyhisselamın elçi gönderildiği Medyen'in ([A'raf 7/85](https://quran.so/7/85)) diğer adıdır ([Şuara 26/176](https://quran.so/26/176)-[189,](https://quran.so/26/189) [Sad 38/13,](https://quran.so/38/13) [Kaf 50/14](https://quran.so/50/14)).

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِن — wa-in | And were | — |
| 2 | كَانَ — kāna | And were | كون — Kef-Vav-Nun |
| 3 | أَصْحَـٰبُ — aṣḥābu | (the) companions | صحب — Sad-Ha-Be |
| 4 | ٱلْأَيْكَةِ — l-aykati | (of) the wood | — |
| 5 | لَظَـٰلِمِينَ — laẓālimīna | surely wrongdoers | ظلم — Zay-Lam-Mim |

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