Did you not see how your Lord dealt with ’Ȃd—˹the people˺ of Iram—with ˹their˺ great stature, unmatched in

any other land;

And to the people of ’Âd We sent their brother Hûd. He said, “O my people! Worship Allah. You have no god other

than Him. You do nothing but fabricate lies ˹against Allah˺.

O  my people! I do not ask you for any reward for this ˹message˺My reward is only from the One Who created me.

Will you not then understand?

And O  my people! Seek your Lord’s forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance. He will shower you with rain in

abundance, and add strength to your strength. So do not turnaway, persisting in wickedness.”

They argued, “O Hûd! You have not given us any clear proof, and we will never abandon our gods upon your

word, nor will we believe in you.

All we can say is that some of our gods have possessed you with evil.” He said, “I call Allah to witness, and

you too bear witness, that I ˹totally˺ reject whatever you associate with Him ˹in worship˺. So let all of you

plot against me without delay!

I have put my trust in Allah—my Lord and your Lord. There is no living creature that is not completely under

His control.1 Surely my Lord’s Way is perfect justice.2

But if you turn away, I have already delivered to you what I have been sent with. My Lord will replace you with

others. You are not harming Him in the least. Indeed, my Lord is a ˹vigilant˺ Keeper over all things.”

When Our command came, We rescued Hûd and those who believed with him by a mercy from Us, saving them

from a harsh torment.

And as for ’Ȃd, they were destroyed by a furious, bitter wind which Allah unleashed on them non-stop for

seven nights and eight days, so that you would have seen its people lying dead like trunks of uprooted

palm trees.

That was ’Âd. They denied the signs of their Lord, disobeyed His messengers, and followed the command of

every stubborn tyrant.

They were followed by a curse in this world, as they will be on the Day of Judgment. Surely ’Âd denied

their Lord. So away with ’Âd, the people of Hûd.