Rather, their omen is with Allah, but most of them are not knowing [7:131] See a detailed Hadith in Appendix II. قَالُوا اطَّيَّرْنَا بِكَ وَبِمَنْ مَعَكَ ۚ قَالَ طَائِرُكُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ ۖ بَلْ أَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ تُفْتَنُونَ {47} They said, ‘We consider you (Prophet Salih -as ) and the ones with you as a bad omen’. He (Prophet Salih -as ) said: ‘Your bad omen is with Allah.
But, you are a people (who are) being Tried’ [27:47] و أما قوله: قالُوا اطَّيَّرْنا بِكَ وَ بِمَنْ مَعَكَ فإنهم أصابهم جوع شديد، فقالوا: هذا من شؤمك، و شؤم من معك- أصابنا هذا القحط، و هي الطيرة قالَ طائِرُكُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ يقول: خيركم، و شركم، و شؤمكم من عند الله بَلْ أَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ تُفْتَنُونَ يقول تبتلون بالاختبار. (In a Hadith Imam -asws says) And as for His -azwj Words: ‘We consider you and the ones with you as a bad omen’ [27:47] .
They had been struck with extreme hunger, so they said (to (Prophet Salih -as ) , ‘This is from your -as evil omens, and the evil from the one who is with you -as – that the drought has struck us, and it is the ill luck. He (Prophet Salih -as ) said: ‘Your bad omen is with Allah [27:47] , meaning your betterment, and your evil, and your bad luck is from Allah -azwj , But, you are a people being Tried’ – by being involved in the Test.
و أما قوله: وَ كانَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ لا يُصْلِحُونَ كانوا يعملون في الأرض بالمعاصي، And as for His -azwj Words: And in the city there was a group of nine, making mischief in the land and they were not amending [27:48] – they were doing deeds of disobedience in the land.
و أما قوله: تَقاسَمُوا بِاللَّهِ أي تحالفوا لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُ وَ أَهْلَهُ ثُمَّ لَنَقُولَنَّ أي لنحلفن لِوَلِيِّهِ منهم» ما شَهِدْنا مَهْلِكَ أَهْلِهِ وَ إِنَّا لَصادِقُونَ يقول: لنفعلن، فأتوا صالحا ليلا ليقتلوه، و عند صالح ملائكة يحرسونه، فلما أتوه قاتلتهم الملائكة في دار صالح رجما بالحجارة، فأصبحوا في داره مقتلين، و أخذت قومه الرجفة، و أصبحوا في دارهم جاثمين.
And as for His -azwj Words: They said, ‘Let us swear by Allah that we will attack him and his family at night, then we would saying to his guardian, ‘We did not witness the destruction of his family, and we are truthful’ [27:49] – ‘We will come to Salih -as at night and kill him’. And in the presence of Salih -as were Angels, Protecting him -as . So when they came to kill him -as , the Angels in the house of Salih -as pelted them with the stones.