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Which "town" (qaryah) is meant in this āyah?

الجواب

Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows:

  1. It refers to Jerusalem after it was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar. [Wahb, Qatāda, al-Rabīʿ ibn Anas]
  2. It refers to the town from which the thousands fled in fear of death.
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