The Consequences Faced by the People of Madyan (Prophet Shu'aib's Community)

Al-Hijr — Verses 78–79 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim

وَإِن كَانَ أَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ لَظَالِمِينَ ٧٨

And the dwellers in the wood [i.e. the people of Madyan (Midian) to whom Prophet Shu'aib was sent by Allah), were also Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.).

وَإِن كَانَ
And (if) there were
أَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ
the dwellers in the wood
لَظَالِمِينَ
were also Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.)

فَانتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ ٧٩

So, We took vengeance on them. They are both on an open highway, plain to see.

فَانتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ
So, We took vengeance on them.
وَإِنَّهُمَا
They are both
لَبِإِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ
on an open highway, plain to see.