Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Hijr, Ayah 78
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And certainly in has been softened in other words understand it as being innahu the dwellers in the wood a huddle of trees near Midian — these were the people of the prophet Shu‘ayb — were evildoers for denying Shu‘ayb.
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(And the dwellers in the wood) i.e. the people of Shu'ayb (indeed were evil-doers) idolaters.