When they reached Madayan which is the town of Hazrat Shuaib (a.
When they reached Madayan which is the town of Hazrat Shuaib (a.s.) the people of that town closed the town gate and did not give them anything, so the companions of the Hazrat got restless due to hunger and thirst. Many requests were made to the people of the town, but they didn’t open the door. When the Hazrat saw this condition he went on the mountain near the city and called out aloud, due to which whole town shook.
He said: O the tyrant people of the city, I am your Prophet’s ‘remnant of Allah’ as the Quran has said: بَقِيَّةُ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ إِنْ كُنتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ وَمَا أَنَا عَلَيْكُمْ بِحَفِيظٍ. The remnant of Allah is better for you if you are believers, and I am not a keeper…
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