Text of verse 53:50
وَأَنَّهُۥٓ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا ٱلْأُولَىٰ ٥٠
Transliteration
wa-annahu ahlaka ʿādan l-ūlā
Translation
And that He destroyed the first [people of] ʿAad
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Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary
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Surah An-Najm, Verse 50
سورة النجم، الآية ٥٠
Verse 50 of Surah An-Najm (53:50), a Meccan surah, is in juz 27, on page 528 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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Tafsir of verse 50
Al-Mukhtasar
And that He destroyed the first Ad, who were the people of Hud when they persisted in their disbelief.
Other translations of verse 50
And that He destroyed the earlier ‘Ād18,
Notes
[18] i.e., the people of Prophet Hūd.
And that it is He (Allâh) Who destroyed the former ‘Âd (people),
And that He destroyed the former (tribe of) A'ad,
And that it is He Who destroyed the (powerful) ancient 'Ad (people),
And that He did destroy the Ad of old
And that He caused to perish the earliest Aad,
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Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse
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Al-Fajr 89:6–8
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ …
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad - …
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Al-Haqqah 69:6–7
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ …
And as for ʿAad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind …