Erum/Eram/Irum/Iram

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can anybody please let me know the meaning of the name "Erum or Eram or Iram"

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Ali

 

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The name Iram/Erum

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Question:

I have been told that the name "iram" or "erum" has a bad meaning in the quran, is this true?


Answer:

Praise be to Allaah.​

We put this question to Shaykh ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Jibreen (may Allaah preserve him) who replied as follows:


They (the scholars) mentioned that this is a name, or the name of a tribe or a land. Allaah called the land of ‘Aad al-Ahqaaf, and in a hadeeth the tribe was called Iram; the Prophet

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said concerning the Khawaarij: “[If I meet them,] I will certainly kill them as ‘Aad and Iram were killed.” And Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “See you not how your Lord dealt with the ‘Aad (people) – of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars?” [al-Fajr 89:6-7 – Yusuf Ali translation].

The most correct view is that it is the name of a tribe. And Allaah knows best.


Shaykh ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Jibreen

http://www.islam-qa.com/index.php?ref=7737&ln=eng&txt=iram

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