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Hud 59

Ayah 59 of 123 · Meccan

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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَتِلۡكَAnd thiswatil'ka
  2. عَادٞۖ(was) Aadʿādun
  3. جَحَدُواْthey rejectedjaḥadū
  4. بِـَٔايَٰتِ(the) Signsbiāyāti
  5. رَبِّهِمۡ(of) their Lordrabbihim
  6. وَعَصَوۡاْand disobeyedwaʿaṣaw
  7. رُسُلَهُۥHis Messengersrusulahu
  8. وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْand followedwa-ittabaʿū
  9. أَمۡرَ(the) commandamra
  10. كُلِّ(of) everykulli
  11. جَبَّارٍtyrantjabbārin
  12. عَنِيدٖobstinateʿanīdin

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.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran