Stories from the Qur’an • Series 37

The Companions of the Trench

The Story of Ashab al-Ukhdud and the Steadfast Youth According to the Qur’an and Authentic Hadith

A youth was sent to learn sorcery, but his heart chose tawhid. “I do not heal anyone; only Allah heals.” The king tried again and again to kill him, until the youth himself taught him how — and the whole people believed. Then trenches of fire were dug. The story in Surah Al-Buruj from the Qur’an and authentic Hadith only, without Israiliyyat. “Be patient, for you are upon the truth.”

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What You Will Learn

Cursed were the companions of the trench — injustice witnessed (85:1–7), with a flow chart of the story.
The king, the sorcerer, the monk and the youth — the full story from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ (Sahih Muslim 3005).
“In the name of Allah, the Lord of the youth” — six lessons from the Hadith.
Their only “crime” was faith — the sweetness of faith (85:8–9; Sahih al-Bukhari 16).
“But you are hasty” — those before us were tested too (Sahih al-Bukhari 3612).
The door of repentance and the great attainment (85:10–11; Sahih Muslim 2999), a table of Israiliyyat and an archaeological note on the Bi’r Hima inscriptions near Najran.

وَمَا نَقَمُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ

“And they resented them not except because they believed in Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy.”

Surah Al-Buruj (85): 8 — Sahih International

🌿 Reflection We do not know the youth’s name, yet the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told his story. When our faith is tested, are we steadfast — or hasty?

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The story of the Companions of the Trench — the verses of Surah Al-Buruj 85:1–11 with the Sahih International translation, the full story of the youth and the king from Sahih Muslim, a flow chart of the story and a table of each party’s stance, authentic Hadith with linked chains of narration, commentary of trusted scholars, a table of Israiliyyat, and an honest archaeological note on the Bi’r Hima inscriptions near Najran with academic journal references.

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