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'Ád
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Pronunciation: odd
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Traditionally, a fourth generation descendant of Noah, whose people 'inhabited a large tract of country in Southern Arabia . . . His people, who are said to be of a tall race, were idolaters and aggressive people . . . God chose Húd to be a prophet to the people of 'Ad.'9 The majority of the people of 'Ad rejected the teachings of Húd and they were destroyed by a calamity.
[BD 8]
Tribe living in Arabia immediately after Noah, and which built large edifices and pillars in "al-Aḥqáf" (The Sand Dunes). They grew haughty because of their prosperity and were destroyed for rejecting their Prophet, Húd. Cf. Qur'án 7:65, 41:15, 26:128, 89:5, etc.
[BG 6]
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