they traveled from the dwellings of 'Ad and Thamud, and the generations that were destroyed. It was also said: It refers to Hell. This is from al-Hasan and Mujahid; meaning: Let it be a reminder to you, so beware of being among them. It was also said: He intended by it Egypt, meaning: I will show you the dwellings of the Copts and the abodes of Pharaoh devoid of them. This is from Ibn Jubayr. From Qatada: The meaning is: I will show you the dwellings of the disbelievers who lived before you from among the tyrants and the giants so that you may take a lesson from them, meaning the Levant (al-Sham).
1568: 8987: Is turned away (yuthna): 1: Tafsir al-Qurtubi: (4/2720).
1569: 8997: In distress (jaza'an): 1: Ibn Kathir said: This is an admission from them of their sin and a turning to Allah, the Almighty and Majestic.
1570: 8998: The tablets (al-alwah): 1: Narrated by al-Hakim (2/321) and al-Kanz (2990).
: 9000: And ask forgiveness for him (wa-istaghfara lahu): 2: In this is an indication of what came in the Hadith: "The news is not like the eyewitness."
Narrated by Ahmad (1/271), Ibn Hibban (2087), and al-Majma' (1/153), who attributed it to al-Tabarani in al-Awsat, and its narrators are trustworthy. Also in al-Tamhid (4/334), al-Mishkat (5738), Ithaf (6/363), al-Kanz (44110, 44111, 44126), Istidhkar (1/49), Jurjan (73, 505), al-Qurtubi (3/298, 20/171), al-Khatib (3/360, 6/56, 8/12, 28), Bidayah (1/287), Ibn 'Adi in al-Kamil (1/203, 4/1580, 7/2493, 2596), Durar (134), Tadhkira (204), and al-Khafa' (2/236).
