78 Preface وَإِن كانَ أَصحابُ الأَيكَةِ لَظالِمينَAli Quli QaraiIndeed the inhabitants of Aykah1 were wrongdoers. Apparently, one of the towns to which the prophet Shuʿayb (ʿa) was sent. Cf. 26:176; 38:13; 50:14.