80 Preface وَلَقَد كَذَّبَ أَصحابُ الحِجرِ المُرسَلينَYusuf AliThe Companions of the Rocky Tract1 also rejected the messengers:“The Rocky Tract” is undoubtedly a geographical name. On the maps of Arabia will be found a tract called the Hijr, north of Medīna. Jabal Hijr is about 150 miles north of Medīna. The tract would fall on the highway to Syria. This was the country of Thamūd. For them and the country see 7:73, n. 1043.