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Encyclopedia of Religion entry for
Grove, The
Arabic Aikah "The people of the grove of Madyan treated the apostles as liars. 
The Ashabu ‘l-Aikah, or "the people of the Grove", are mentioned four times in the Qur’an, Surahs xv 78, xxvi 176, xxvii 21, l 13, as being a tribe or class of people who treated the prophets as liars. The following particulars regarding them are given in Surah xxvi 170:-
When Shu ‘alb their brother said to them, ‘Will ye not fear God?
I Truly am your trustworthy Apostle.
Fear God, then, and obey me.
No reward ask I of you for this; my reward is of the Lord of the Worlds alone."
citations: Dictionary of Islam, Hughes
article created 2006-04-12 , last updated 2006-04-12
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