The Holy Quran 89:7 — Surah Al-Fajr

Arabic text

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

Translation

...(who were) the people (the descendants) of (a person called) Iram and who were people (who had the stature) of pillars?

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Ad and Iram: “Ad” is the name of a man to whom this people was traced; among his ancestors was a man named “Iram”. Tracing [the people] to him perhaps indicates that “Ad” here means “the first Ad”, not “the second Ad”. Some have said that the royal family among “the people of Ad” was called “Iram”. And Allah knows best.

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