The Holy Quran 41:15 — Surah Fussilat

Arabic text

فَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَقَالُوا۟ مَنْ أَشَدُّ مِنَّا قُوَّةً ۖ أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَهُمْ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً ۖ وَكَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ

Translation

As for the Aad, they were arrogant (proud) on earth without reason, and said, "Who can be more powerful than us?" Did they not see that Allaah Who had created them is more powerful than them? They also rejected (denied) Our Aayaat (orders).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The pride and arrogance of the people of Ad: perhaps, in reply to the threat of punishment that the messengers would have given, they said: who is mightier than us that we should fear him? Can you overawe powerful people like us? Shah [Abd al-Qadir] ﵀ writes: “Their bodies were very large. They grew proud of their bodily strength.

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