The Holy Quran 46:21 — Surah Al-Ahqaf

Arabic text

۞ وَٱذْكُرْ أَخَا عَادٍ إِذْ أَنذَرَ قَوْمَهُۥ بِٱلْأَحْقَافِ وَقَدْ خَلَتِ ٱلنُّذُرُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦٓ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

Translation

Call to mind the brother of the Aad (Hood عليه الصلاة والسلام) when he warned his people (about the consequences of kufr) at the (sand) dunes although (they had already heard such warnings before since) warners had already passed before him and (many were still to come) after him. (However, despite repeated warnings, they still refused to submit.) (He said to them,) "Do not worship anyone but Allaah. Verily I fear the punishment of a terrible (dreadful) day for you."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, Hud ﵇, who was a brother of the people of ’Ad by tribe. The settlements of al-Ahqaf: the author of [the book] “Ard al-Quran” (The Land of the Quran) writes under “The Lands of al-Ahqaf”: “The great desert lying between Yamamah, Oman, Bahrain, Hadramawt and western Yemen, known by the name of ‘ad-Dahna’ or ‘ar-Rub’ al-Khali’ (the Empty Quarter)

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