Who Was The people of the town? Who killed the man who came running in Islamic History

Before the worldBefore Adam

The first nationsAdam to Shuayb

Egypt and Bani Israilc. 1300–1000 BCE

Bani Israil and Romec. 1000 BCE – 250 CE

Arabia before IslamUp to 570 CE

Enemies of the Prophet ﷺ610–632 CE

After the Prophet ﷺ632–1000 CE

Crusades and conquests1090–1502 CE

The end of timeStill to come

Ten signs before the Hour

Isa ibn Maryam descends
A landslide in the east
A landslide in the west
A landslide in Arabia
The smoke
The sun rises from the west
The Beast of the earth
A fire from Yemen drives people to their gathering

Sahih Muslim lists ten major signs before the Hour without fixing their order. This follows a common order given by the scholars. Sahih Muslim 2901a ↗

Villains of history28 / 76

أصحاب القرية

The people of the town

Who killed the man who came runningDate unknown

Relied onCalling the messengers a bad omen

Undone byA single shout

Two messengers came to a town, then a third. The people called them a bad omen and threatened to stone them. A man came running from the far end of the town to defend them, and they killed him.

How it ended

One shout struck them and they were extinguished (36:29). The man was told: 'Enter Paradise' (36:26).

It was not but one shout, and immediately they were extinguished.
Quran 36:29

The lessonOne man who speaks up for the truth outweighs a town that silences him.

In the Quran

36:13-29

Stood against: the three messengers
Source: Named in the QuranMany commentators say the town was Antioch and the man was Habib, but the Quran names neither. Ibn Kathir doubted Antioch, since it was among the first cities to believe in Isa.

Every villain in Islamic history, from Iblis to the Dajjal

Each entry is drawn from the Quran, authentic hadith (with links to sunnah.com), the classical commentators and the historians. Companions who fought Islam and later became Muslim are not included, nor are figures Muslims disagree about.