13 Preface وَثَمودُ وَقَومُ لوطٍ وَأَصحابُ الأَيكَةِ ۚ أُولٰئِكَ الأَحزابُAli Quli Qaraiand Thamūd, and the people of Lot, and the inhabitants of Aykah:1 those were the factions. Cf. 15:78.