Verse 82
The Rocky Tract • makkah
View Aspects
在前几节经文中提到三个不同的民族。他们是: 鲁特人、舒艾布人和撒利人。不按照年代顺序, 而是按照他们离麦加的距离提到他们。鲁特人的城市是三个民族中最远的一个。艾卡人居住的距离为其次。希季尔位于泰布克和麦德彦之间。洒姆德部族是三者中最近的一个。因而也是最后一个被提到的。不采用较普通的顺序, 而采用这种不寻常的顺序, 是为了从说话的对象的观点来看使讲的话更加有力。先谈到阿拉伯人不太了解的部落, 后谈到阿拉伯人最了解的部落。
In the foregoing verses three different peoples have been mentioned—(a) the people of Lot; (b) the people of Shu‘aib and (c) the people of Salih. They have not been mentioned in their chronological order but in the order of the distance of their towns from Mecca. The town of the people of Lot was the most distant of the three. Next in order of distance lived the people of Aikah. Hijr being situated between Tabuk and Medina, the tribe of Thamud were the nearest of the three and it has consequently been mentioned last of all. This unusual order has been adopted in preference to the more natural one with a view to making the statement effective from the point of view of the persons addressed, the tribe that was least known to the Arabs being mentioned first and the tribe which the Arabs knew most being mentioned last.
Commentary:
In the foregoing verses three different peoples have been mentioned: (1) the people of Lot; (2) the people of Shu‘aib; and (3) the people of Salih. The order in which they have been mentioned is noteworthy. They have not been mentioned in their chronological order but in the order of the distance of their habitations from Mecca. The land of the people of Lot was the most distant of the three places and so it has been mentioned first. Next in order of distance were the people of Aikah, and they have been put next. Hijr being situated between Tabuk and Medina, the tribe of Thamud were the nearest of the three and it has consequently been mentioned last of all. In the order of time the people of Hijr preceded the people of Lot and the people of Aikah came last. This unusual order has been adopted in preference to the more natural one with a view to producing the greatest psychological effect, the tribe that was least known to the Arabs being mentioned first and the tribe which the Arabs knew best being mentioned last.
It may also be incidentally mentioned here that in this Surah mention has been made of those peoples in whom the art of writing was not much in vogue, and who were regarded by the Arabs as their ancestors. Adam is, of course, the common progenitor of mankind. Lot was a near relative of Abraham and as such, was among the ancestors of the Arabs. The tribe of Shu‘aib were cousins of the Ishmaelites, and became ultimately absorbed by them. The tribe of Thamud were a pure Arab tribe.
669
在前几节经文中提到三个不同的民族。他们是: 鲁特人、舒艾布人和撒利人。不按照年代顺序, 而是按照他们离麦加的距离提到他们。鲁特人的城市是三个民族中最远的一个。艾卡人居住的距离为其次。希季尔位于泰布克和麦德彦之间。洒姆德部族是三者中最近的一个。因而也是最后一个被提到的。不采用较普通的顺序, 而采用这种不寻常的顺序, 是为了从说话的对象的观点来看使讲的话更加有力。先谈到阿拉伯人不太了解的部落, 后谈到阿拉伯人最了解的部落。
1785
Commentary:
In the foregoing verses three different peoples have been mentioned: (1) the people of Lot; (2) the people of Shu‘aib; and (3) the people of Salih. The order in which they have been mentioned is noteworthy. They have not been mentioned in their chronological order but in the order of the distance of their habitations from Mecca. The land of the people of Lot was the most distant of the three places and so it has been mentioned first. Next in order of distance were the people of Aikah, and they have been put next. Hijr being situated between Tabuk and Medina, the tribe of Thamud were the nearest of the three and it has consequently been mentioned last of all. In the order of time the people of Hijr preceded the people of Lot and the people of Aikah came last. This unusual order has been adopted in preference to the more natural one with a view to producing the greatest psychological effect, the tribe that was least known to the Arabs being mentioned first and the tribe which the Arabs knew best being mentioned last.
It may also be incidentally mentioned here that in this Surah mention has been made of those peoples in whom the art of writing was not much in vogue, and who were regarded by the Arabs as their ancestors. Adam is, of course, the common progenitor of mankind. Lot was a near relative of Abraham and as such, was among the ancestors of the Arabs. The tribe of Shu‘aib were cousins of the Ishmaelites, and became ultimately absorbed by them. The tribe of Thamud were a pure Arab tribe.
1519
In the foregoing verses three different peoples have been mentioned—(a) the people of Lot; (b) the people of Shu‘aib and (c) the people of Salih. They have not been mentioned in their chronological order but in the order of the distance of their towns from Mecca. The town of the people of Lot was the most distant of the three. Next in order of distance lived the people of Aikah. Hijr being situated between Tabuk and Medina, the tribe of Thamud were the nearest of the three and it has consequently been mentioned last of all. This unusual order has been adopted in preference to the more natural one with a view to making the statement effective from the point of view of the persons addressed, the tribe that was least known to the Arabs being mentioned first and the tribe which the Arabs knew most being mentioned last.