The Holy Quran 11:59 — Surah Hud

Arabic text

وَتِلْكَ عَادٌ ۖ جَحَدُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَعَصَوْا۟ رُسُلَهُۥ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ

Translation

This was the Aad! They rejected the Aayaat of their Rabb, disobeyed His Rusul (disobeying one Rasool is equal to disobeying all the Rusul because they all conveyed the message of Towheed), and (instead of following the Rusul, they) followed the instruction of every obstinate tyrant.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

That is, look upon their ruins with an eye that takes warning: this was that people of ‘Ad whose leaders with great arrogance opposed the words of their Sustainer and disobeyed His messengers, while the common folk followed the great devils. In the end both were destroyed and ruined. Note: “His messengers” (in the plural)

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