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'''Madyan''' (Arabic: {{ia|مَدْیَنَ}}) was the living town of [[Madyan tribe]], for guiding whom [[Prophet Shu'ayb (a)]] was chosen. | '''Madyan''' (Arabic: {{ia|مَدْیَنَ}}) was the living town of [[Madyan tribe]]<ref>Yaqut Hamawi, ''Mu'jam al-buldan'', vol. 5, p. 77.</ref>, for guiding whom [[Prophet Shu'ayb (a)]] was chosen<ref>Qur'an 7: 85.</ref>. | ||
This city is considered to be a developed and green town, on the east coast of the Gulf of ' | This city is considered to be a developed and green town<ref>Dehkhoda Dictionary, under the word Madyan.</ref>, on the east coast of the Gulf of Aqaba<ref>Makarim Shirazi, ''Tafsir nimuna'', vol. 9, p. 200.</ref>. This city was near [[Tabuk region]]<ref>Yaqut Hamawi, ''Mu'jam al-buldan'', vol. 1, p. 291.</ref>, near the city of [[Lot nation]]<ref>Ibn al-Kathir, ''al-Bidaya wa al-nihaya'', vol. 1, p. 184.</ref>. [[Al-Shaykh al-Saduq]] considered Madyan a small village which had no more than forty houses<ref>Al-Shaykh al-Saduq, ''Kamal al-din'', vol. 1, p. 220.</ref>. | ||
Some researchers considered this city among the cities of [[Syria]]; and considered it possible that the present city of | Some researchers considered this city among the cities of [[Syria]]<ref>Makarim Shirazi, ''Tafsir nimuna'', vol. 6, p. 249.</ref>; and considered it possible that the present city of Ma'an in [[Jordan]]<ref>Qurashi, ''Qamus al-Qur'an'', vol. 6, p. 245.</ref> is built over it<ref>Balaghi, ''Hujjat al-tafasir'', vol. 1, p. 267.</ref>. Some others believe that Madyan was in the present [[Saudi Arabia]]<ref>Dehkhoda Dictionary, under the word Madyan.</ref>. | ||
God chose Prophet Shu'ayb (a) for [[Madyan nation]] in the city of Madyan. After escaping from [[Egypt]], [[Prophet Moses (a)]] went to Madyan and was a shepherd for Shu'ayb's (a) sheep for several years. Residents of this city are considered to be from Arab race. | [[God]] chose [[Prophet Shu'ayb (a)]] for [[Madyan nation]] in the city of Madyan<ref>Qur'an 7: 85.</ref>. After escaping from [[Egypt]], [[Prophet Moses (a)]] went to Madyan and was a shepherd for Shu'ayb's (a) sheep for several years<ref>Tayyib, ''Atyab al-bayan'', vol. 9, p. 32.</ref>. Residents of this city are considered to be from Arab race<ref>Balaghi, ''Hujjat al-tafasir'', p. 267.</ref>. | ||
The word "Madyan" is mentioned ten times in the [[Qur'an]], some cases of which refer to the city of Madyan. | The word "Madyan" is mentioned ten times in the [[Qur'an]]<ref>Qurashi, ''Qamus al-Qur'an'', vol. 6, p. 245.</ref>, some cases of which refer to the city of Madyan<ref>For instance, see: Qur'an 11:84.</ref> . | ||
In this city, the people of Madyan lived and the name of the city was adopted from them. There are different views about the ancestor of Madyan tribe and they are considered from the lineage of Madyan b. Abraham (a) or [[Prophet Isma'il (a)]]. | In this city, the people of Madyan lived and the name of the city was adopted from them<ref>Yaqut al-Hamawi, ''Mu'jam al-buldan'', vol. 5, p. 77.</ref>. There are different views about the ancestor of Madyan tribe and they are considered from the lineage of Madyan b. Abraham (a)<ref>Ibn al-Kathir, ''al-Kamil'', vol. 1, p. 158.</ref> or [[Prophet Isma'il (a)]]<ref>Makarim Shirazi, ''Tafsir nimuna'', vol. 9, p. 200.</ref>. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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* Athīr, ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-. ''Al-Kāmil''. Beirut: Dar Sadir, 1965. | |||
* Ibn Kathīr al-Dimashqī, Ismaʾīl b. ʾUmar. ''Al-Bidāya wa al-nihāya. Beirut: Dar al-Fikr, 1407 AH. | |||
* Balāghī , Sayyid ʿAbd al-Ḥujjat. ''Ḥujjat al-tafasīr wa balāgh al-iksīr''. Qom: Hikmat Publications, 1386 AH. | |||
* Dehkhoda, ʾAlī Akbar. Dehkhodā Dictionary. | |||
* Shaykh al-Ṣadūq, Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-. ''Kamal al-din wa tamam al-ni'ma''. Edited by Ali Akbar Ghaffari. Second edition. Tehran: Dar al-Kutub al-Islamiyah, 1395 AH. | |||
* Ṭayyib, Sayyid ʿAbd al-Ḥusayn. ''Atyab al-bayan fi tafsir al-Qur'an''. Second edition. Tehran: Islam Publications, 1378 Sh. | |||
* Qurashī, Sayyid ʿAlī Akbar. ''Qāmūs-i Qur'an''. Sixth edition. Tehran: Dar al-Kutub al-Islamiyah, 1371 Sh. | |||
* Muṣtafawī, Ḥasan. ''Al-Taḥqīq fī kalamat al-Qurʿān al-karīm''. Tehran: The Institute for Translation and Publication, 1360 Sh. | |||
* Makārim Shīrāzī, Nāṣir. ''Tafsīr nimuna. First edition. Tehran: Dar al-Kutub al-Islamiyah, 1374 Sh. | |||
* Yaqūt al-Ḥamawī, Shihāb al-Dīn. ''Muʿjam al-Buldan''. Second edition. Beirut: Dar Sadir, 1995. | |||
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