﴿ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍۢ وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ ﴾

“[Long] before those [who now deny resur­rection] did Noah’s people give the lie to this truth, and [so did] the folk of Ar-Rass, and [the tribes of] Thamud”

�as did the dwellers at al-Rass�That is, the well. And al-Ayka [50:14] is a wood. In its inner meaning, the people of Rass are the people of ignorance, and the dwellers in the wood [50:14] are the pursuers of lusts.His words, Exalted is He: