The Holy Quran 38:12 — Surah Sad

Arabic text

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

Translation

Before them, the nations of Nooh عليه الصلاة والسلام rejected (the prophethood and message of Nooh عليه الصلاة والسلام), as well as the (nation of) Aad (who rejected Hood عليه الصلاة والسلام) and (also among the past defeated nations who rejected the prophethood and message of the Ambiyaa عليهم الصلاة والسلام who came to them were) Fir'oun, the man of pegs (he is referred to as "the man of pegs" because he used tent pegs to torture people and because his army was so large that a great mass of wooden pegs were used whenever his army set up camp)...

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Pharaoh, the possessor of stakes: that is, possessed of great might and power and of hosts and armies, who drove the stakes of his kingdom firmly into the earth. Some say that he used to kill people by stretching them out on four stakes, and so he came to be called “Dhul-Awtad” (the possessor of stakes). And Allah knows best.

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