Tafsir of As-Saffat 37:22

احشروا الذين ظلموا وأزواجهم

(It will be said to the angels:) Assemble those who did wrong, together with their companions, An-Nu`man bin Bashir, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "Their companions means their counterparts, those who are like them.'' This was also the view of Ibn Abbas, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Ikrimah, Mujahid, As-Suddi, Abu Salih, Abu Al-`Aliyah and Zayd bin Aslam. Sharik said, narrating from Simak, from An-Nu`man: "I heard Umar say:

احشروا الذين ظلموا وأزواجهم

(Assemble those who did wrong, together with their companions), means, `Those who are like them. So those who committed Zina will be gathered with others who committed Zina, those who dealt in Riba will be gathered with others who dealt in Riba, those who drank wine will be gathered with others who drank wine.' Mujahid and Sa`id bin Jubayr narrated from Ibn Abbas:

وأزواجهم

(their companions), means "Their friends.''

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