وَتِلۡكَ عَادٞۖ جَحَدُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ وَعَصَوۡاْ رُسُلَهُۥ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٖ ٥٩
And that was ʿAad, who rejected the signs of their Lord and disobeyed His messengers and followed the order of every obstinate tyrant.
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وَتِلۡكَ And this watil'ka عَادٞۖ (was) Aad ʿādun جَحَدُواْ they rejected jaḥadū بِـَٔايَٰتِ (the) Signs biāyāti رَبِّهِمۡ (of) their Lord rabbihim وَعَصَوۡاْ and disobeyed waʿaṣaw رُسُلَهُۥ His Messengers rusulahu وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ and followed wa-ittabaʿū أَمۡرَ (the) command amra كُلِّ (of) every kulli جَبَّارٍ tyrant jabbārin عَنِيدٖ obstinate ʿanīdin Tafsir Such were the people of ‘Ād. They disbelieved in the signs of Allah, their Lord, and went against His messenger Hūd. They followed the instruction of every tyrant who was proud against the truth, not accepting it or dedicating themselves to it.
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