Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And that He destroyed the former ʿĀd,

وَاَنَّـهُٓ اَهْلَكَ عَاداًۨ الْاُو۫لٰىۙ
Waannahu ahlaka AAadan al-oola
#wordmeaningroot
1wa-annahuAnd that He
2ahlakadestroyedهلك
3ʿādanAadعود
4l-ūlāthe firstاول
  • Aisha Bewley

    that He destroyed ‘Ad, the earlier people,

  • Progressive Muslims

    And He is the One who destroyed `Aad the first.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    - xii And that He it is Who annihilated the former tribe of Aad. (They were men of intellect but refused to establish the Divine System (7:65). A wrong system, however smartly run, is bound to collapse).

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And that He destroyed the former ʿĀd,

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And He is the One who destroyed 'Aad the first.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    He is the One who destroyed Aad the first.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    He is the One who annihilated ancient 'Aad.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    That it was He who destroyed the 'Ad of old,

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    And that He destroyed the first 'Aad

  • Muhammad Asad

    and that it is He who destroyed the ancient Ad

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And that He destroyed the former (tribe of) A'ad,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    that He it is Who destroyed the ancient 'Ad,*

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    And that it was He Who annihilated the ancient most powerful earlier generations of the people of 'Ad -the first Adites- and raised their cities to the ground.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Know that God is the One Who destroyed the tribe of Ad .

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And that it is He (Allâh) Who destroyed the former ‘Âd (people),

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    And that it is He Who destroyed the (powerful) ancient 'Ad (people),

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    And He destroyed the first ˹people of˺ ’Ȃd,

  • Taqi Usmani

    and that He has destroyed the earlier ‘Ād,

  • Abdul Haleem

    that it was He who destroyed, in their entirety, ancient 'Ad

  • Arthur John Arberry

    and that He destroyed Ad, the ancient,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    and that He it was who destroyed 'Ad of yore,

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And that He did destroy the A'ad of old

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And that He caused to perish the earliest Aad,

  • George Sale

    and that He destroyed the ancient tribe of Ad,

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And that it is He Who destroyed the (powerful) 'Ad (people) of the old,

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    And that He destroyed the ancient (tribe of) `âd;

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    and that it is He who destroyed the former ‘Ād,