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 Surah Al-A'raf 7:65-70 [9/24] ↕
  
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۞ وَإِلَىٰAnd to
عَادٍAad
أَخَاهُمْ(We sent) their brother
هُودًا‌ۗHud.
قَالَHe said,
يَـٰقَوْمِ`O my people!
ٱعْبُدُواْWorship
ٱللَّهَAllah,
مَاnot
لَكُمfor you
مِّنْany
إِلَـٰهٍgod
غَيْرُهُۥٓ‌ۚother than Him.
أَفَلَاThen will not
تَتَّقُونَyou fear (Allah)?`
﴿٦٥﴾
قَالَSaid
ٱلْمَلَأُthe chiefs
ٱلَّذِينَ(of) those who
كَفَرُواْdisbelieved
مِنfrom
قَوْمِهِۦٓhis people,
إِنَّا`Indeed, we
لَنَرَٮٰكَsurely, see you
فِىin
سَفَاهَةٍfoolishness
وَإِنَّاand indeed, we
لَنَظُنُّكَ[we] think you
مِنَ(are) of
ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَthe liars.`
﴿٦٦﴾
قَالَHe said,
يَـٰقَوْمِ`O my people!
لَيْسَ(There is) no
بِى سَفَاهَةٌfoolishness in me
وَلَـٰكِنِّىbut I am
رَسُولٌa Messenger
مِّنfrom
رَّبِّ(the) Lord
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ(of) the worlds.
﴿٦٧﴾
أُبَلِّغُكُمْI convey to you
رِسَـٰلَـٰتِMessages
رَبِّى(of) my Lord
وَأَنَا۟and I am
لَكُمْto you
نَاصِحٌan adviser -
أَمِينٌtrustworthy.
﴿٦٨﴾
أَوَDo
عَجِبْتُمْyou wonder
أَنthat
جَآءَكُمْhas come to you
ذِكْرٌa reminder
مِّنfrom
رَّبِّكُمْyour Lord
عَلَىٰon
رَجُلٍa man
مِّنكُمْamong you
لِيُنذِرَكُمْ‌ۚthat he may warn you?
وَٱذْكُرُوٓاْAnd remember
إِذْwhen
جَعَلَكُمْHe made you
خُلَفَآءَsuccessors
مِنۢ بَعْدِafter
قَوْمِ(the) people
نُوحٍ(of) Nuh,
وَزَادَكُمْand increased you
فِىin
ٱلْخَلْقِthe stature
بَصْۜطَةً‌ۖextensively.
فَٱذْكُرُوٓاْSo remember
ءَالَآءَ(the) Bounties
ٱللَّهِ(of) Allah
لَعَلَّكُمْso that you may
تُفْلِحُونَsucceed.`
﴿٦٩﴾
قَالُوٓاْThey said,
أَجِئْتَنَا`Have you come to us
لِنَعْبُدَthat we (should) worship
ٱللَّهَAllah
وَحْدَهُۥAlone
وَنَذَرَand we forsake
مَاwhat
كَانَused to
يَعْبُدُworship
ءَابَآؤُنَا‌ۖour forefathers?
فَأْتِنَاThen bring us
بِمَاof what
تَعِدُنَآyou promise us,
إِنif
كُنتَyou are
مِنَof
ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَthe truthful.`
﴿٧٠﴾

وَاِلٰى عَادٍ اَخَاهُمۡ هُوۡدًا​ ؕ قَالَ يٰقَوۡمِ اعۡبُدُوا اللّٰهَ مَا لَـكُمۡ مِّنۡ اِلٰهٍ غَيۡرُهٗ ؕ اَفَلَا تَتَّقُوۡنَ‏  قَالَ الۡمَلَاُ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا مِنۡ قَوۡمِهٖۤ اِنَّا لَـنَرٰٮكَ فِىۡ سَفَاهَةٍ وَّاِنَّا لَـنَظُنُّكَ مِنَ الۡـكٰذِبِيۡنَ‏  قَالَ يٰقَوۡمِ لَـيۡسَ بِىۡ سَفَاهَةٌ وَّلٰـكِنِّىۡ رَسُوۡلٌ مِّنۡ رَّبِّ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَ‏  اُبَلِّغُكُمۡ رِسٰلٰتِ رَبِّىۡ وَاَنَا لَـكُمۡ نَاصِحٌ اَمِيۡنٌ‏  اَوَعَجِبۡتُمۡ اَنۡ جَآءَكُمۡ ذِكۡرٌ مِّنۡ رَّبِّكُمۡ عَلٰى رَجُلٍ مِّنۡكُمۡ لِيُنۡذِرَكُمۡ​ ؕ وَاذۡكُرُوۡۤا اِذۡ جَعَلَـكُمۡ ۚ خُلَفَآءَ مِنۡۢ بَعۡدِ قَوۡمِ نُوۡحٍ وَّزَادَكُمۡ فِى الۡخَـلۡقِ بَصۜۡطَةً​​ فَاذۡكُرُوۡۤا اٰ لَۤاءَ اللّٰهِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُفۡلِحُوۡنَ‏  قَالُـوۡۤا اَجِئۡتَنَا لِنَعۡبُدَ اللّٰهَ وَحۡدَهٗ وَنَذَرَ مَا كَانَ يَعۡبُدُ اٰبَآؤُنَا​ ۚ فَاۡتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَاۤ اِنۡ كُنۡتَ مِنَ الصّٰدِقِيۡنَ‏ 
Translation
(7:65) And to 'Ad51 We sent forth their brother Hud. He said: '0 my people! Serve Allah; you have no other god than Him. Will you, then, not avoid evil?' (7:66) The unbelievers among the leading men of his people said: 'Indeed we see you in folly, and consider you to be liars.' (7:67) He said: '0 my people! There is no folly in me; rather I am a Messenger from the Lord of the universe. (7:68) I convey to you the messages of my Lord, and I give you sincere advice. (7:69) Do you wonder that an exhortation should come to you from your Lord through a man from amongst yourselves that he may warn you? And do call to mind when He made you successors after the people of Noah and amply increased you in stature. Remember then the wondrous bounties52 of Allah, that you may prosper.' (7:70) They said: 'Have you come to us that we should worship none other than Allah and forsake all whom our forefathers were wont to worship?53 Then bring upon us the scourge with which you have threatened us if you are truthful?'
Commentary

51. 'Ad, an ancient Arab people, were well-known throughout Arabia. They were known for their proverbial glory and grandeur. And when they were destroyed, their extinction also became proverbial. So much so that ttre word 'Ad has come to be used for things ancient and the word 'adiyat for archaeological remains. The land whose owner is unknown and which is lying fallow, from neglect is called 'adi al-ard.

The ancient Arabic poetry is replete with references to this people. Arab genealogists consider the 'Ad as the foremost among the extinct tribes of Arabia. Once a person of the Banel Dhuhl b. Shayban tribe, who was a resident of the 'Ad territory, called on the Prophet (peace be on him). He related stories to the Prophet about the people of 'Ad, stories handed down to the people of that region from generation to generation. (See Ahmad b. Hanbal, Musnad, vol. 3, p. 482 - Ed.)

According to the Qur'an the people of 'Ad lived mainly in the Ahqaf region which is situated to the south-west of the Empty Quarter (al-Rub' al-Khali) and which lies between Hijaz, Yemen and Yamamah. It was from there that the people of 'Ad spread to the western coast of Yemen and established their hegemony in Oman, Hadramawt and Iraq. There is very little archaeological evidence about the 'Ad. Only a few ruins in South Arabia are ascribed to them. At a place in Hadramawt there is a grave which is considered to be that of the Prophet Hud. James R. Wellested, a British naval officer, discovered an ancient inscription in 1837 in a place called Hisn al-Ghurab which contains a reference to the Prophet Hud. The contents unmistakably bear out that it had been written by those who followed the Shari'ah of Hud. (For details see Tafhim al-Qur'an, (al-Al. Ahqaf 46, n. 25.)

52. The word ala' used in the above verse stands for bounties, wondrous works of nature, and praiseworthy qualities. The purpose of the verse is to impress upon man to gratefully, recognize the favours God has lavished upon him, bearing in mind that God also has the Power to take them away.

53. It is worth noting that the people of 'Ad neither disbelieved in God nor refused to worship Him. They did not, however, follow, the teachings of Hud who proclaimed God alone should he worshipped, and that none other may be associated in servitude to Him.