Companions of the Thicket
Nation of the Quran
Companions of the Thicketأصحاب الأيكة
The Quran gives no dateNear Madyan (traditional)
A people of a wooded land to whom Shuayb was sent. Like Madyan, they cheated in measure and weight, and Shuayb told them to weigh with an even balance (26:181-182). They called him bewitched and dared him to bring down a piece of the sky on them (26:185-187).
What does the Quran say?
And they denied him, so the punishment of the day of the black cloud seized them. Indeed, it was the punishment of a terrible day.
Quran 26:189
How did they end?
The punishment of the day of the black cloud seized them (26:189).
What do historians say?
No site has been identified. Aykah means a thicket of dense trees; some writers link it to the oases of the Tabuk region near the Gulf of Aqaba.
The lesson
Mocking a warning does not make the danger go away.
Everyone and everything in the timeline
People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.
Nations of the Quran
- People of Nuh
- Ad
- Thamud
- People of Lut
- Madyan
- Companions of the Thicket
- Companions of the Rass
- People of Tubba
- Saba (Sheba)
- Bani Israil
- People of Firaun
- People of Yunus
- The city of the Sleepers
- Companions of the Ditch
- Companions of the Elephant
- People of the Sabbath
- Yajuj and Majuj
- Quraysh
- Thaqif
- Hawazin
- Aws and Khazraj (the Ansar)
- The Romans (Rum)
- The Persians
- People of Ibrahim
- Jurhum
- People of Ilyas
- People of the Town (Ya-Sin)
- The Sabians
- The Magians (Majus)