Surah Al-A'raf 7:92

("If you follow Shu`ayb, be sure then you will be the losers!") Allah answered them,

(So the earthquake seized them and they lay (dead), prostrate in their homes) Allah said that the earthquake shook them, as punishment for threatening to expel Shu`ayb and his followers. Allah mentioned their end again in Suah Hud,

(And when Our commandment came, We saved Shu`ayb and those who believed with him by a mercy from Us. And the Sayhah (loud cry) seized the wrongdoers, and they lay (dead) prostrate in their homes.) 11:94 This Ayah mentions the Sayhah (cry) that struck them after they mocked Shu`ayb, saying,

(Does your Salah (prayer) command you...) so it was befitting to mention here the cry that made them silence. In Surat Ash-Shu`ara', Allah said,

(But they belied him, so the torment of the Day of Shadow (a gloomy cloud) seized them. Indeed that was the torment of a Great Day) 26:189 because they challenged Shu`ayb,

("So cause a piece of the heaven to fall on us, if you are of the truthful!") 26:187. Therefore, Allah stated that each of these forms of punishment struck them on the Day of the Shadow. First,

(So the torment of the Day of Shadow (a gloomy cloud) seized them) 26:189 when a gloomy cloud came over them (containing) fire, flames and a tremendous light. Next, a cry from the sky descended on them and a tremor shook them from beneath. Consequently, their souls were captured, their lives were taken and their bodies became idle,

(and they lay (dead), prostrate in their homes). Allah said next,

(They became as if they had never dwelt there) meaning, after the torment seized them, it looked as if they never dwelled in the land from which they wanted to expel their Messenger Shu`ayb and his followers. Here, Allah refuted their earlier statement,

(Those who belied Shu`ayb, they were the losers.)

Pada ayat-ayat yang terdahulu telah disebutkan bahwa pemuka-pemuka kaum Nabi Syuaib pernah mengeluarkan ancaman untuk mengusir Nabi Syuaib bersama para pengikutnya dari negeri Madyan apabila mereka tidak mau kembali kepada agama nenek moyang mereka. Maka dalam ayat ini Allah memberikan penjelasan sebagai jawabannya. Allah menegaskan bahwa akibat yang akan diderita oleh orang-orang yang telah mengancam untuk mengusir Nabi Syuaib dari Madyan, justru merekalah yang rusak binasa dan hilang lenyap, sehingga seakan-akan mereka tak pernah hidup dan mendiami negeri ini. Demikian juga orang-orang yang mendustakan Nabi Syuaib dan mengatakan bahwa siapa yang mengikuti agamanya pasti akan merugi, justru merekalah yang benar-benar merugi, sedang orang-orang yang beriman dan mengikuti agama yang dibawa oleh Nabi Syuaib mereka akan selamat dan memperoleh rida Allah.

Dari ayat ini dapat diambil pelajaran yang sangat berharga, yaitu bahwa orang yang sangat menginginkan tetap tinggal di negeri mereka dengan hidup senang dan berbuat sewenang-wenang terhadap pihak-pihak yang memegang teguh kebenaran, niscaya akan menemui akibat yang bertentangan dengan harapan mereka, yaitu kebinasaan. Demikian pula orang-orang yang ingin memperoleh keuntungan sebesar-besarnya dengan jalan mengambil harta orang lain dengan cara yang batil seperti korupsi niscaya akan menemui nasib malang, yaitu: kehilangan harta benda dan harga diri untuk selama-lamanya.