Companions of the Thicket

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The Companions of the Thicket are a community mentioned in the Quran as the people to whom the prophet Shuayb was sent and who were destroyed for their wrongdoing.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Quranic community
people mentioned in the Quran
accusedOf cheating in measure and weight
corruption
economic injustice
wrongdoing
associatedProphet Shuayb NERFINISHED
believedIn multiple deities
category Quranic destroyed nations
describedAs Ashab al-Aykah NERFINISHED
fate annihilated community
destroyed for their wrongdoing
groupedWith other destroyed peoples in the Quran
hasPropheticWarner Shuayb NERFINISHED
languageOfName Arabic
mentionedIn Quran
moralLessonIn Quranic narratives of past nations
moralTheme condemnation of arrogance
condemnation of commercial dishonesty
consequences of rejecting prophets
opposed call to worship one God
punishedBy divine punishment
rejected message of Shuayb
monotheism
religiousTradition Islam
scripturalRole warning example for later communities
sentProphet Shuayb NERFINISHED
sometimesIdentifiedWith people of Midian
timePeriod pre-Islamic prophetic era

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Shuayb associatedWithPeople Companions of the Thicket