Surah Yasin Tafseer

Allah tells,

وَجَاء مِنْ أَقْصَى الْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلٌ يَسْعَى

And there came a man running from the farthest part of the town.

Quoting what reached him from Ibn Abbas, Ka`b Al-Ahbar and Wahb bin Munabbih -- Ibn Ishaq reported that,

"The people of the city resolved to kill their Messengers, then a man came running to them from the farthest part of the town, i.e., to help them against his people. They said, his name was Habib, and he used to work with ropes. He was a sickly man who suffered from leprosy, and he was very charitable, giving half of his earnings in charity, and his Fitrah (natural inclination) was sound."

Shabib bin Bishr said, narrating from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, that,

the name of the man mentioned in Ya Sin was Habib An-Najjar, and he was killed by his people.

قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اتَّبِعُوا الْمُرْسَلِينَ

He said:"O my people! Obey the Messengers."

-- he urged his people to follow the Messengers who had come to them