People of 'Aad and Thamud

The verses

Closest to the group’s centre first.

• Ash-Shams 91:11✦ skyread

  كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ

  Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,

• An-Najm 53:50✦ skyread

  وَأَنَّهُۥٓ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا ٱلْأُولَىٰ

  And that He destroyed the first [people of] 'Aad

• An-Najm 53:51✦ skyread

  وَثَمُودَا۟ فَمَآ أَبْقَىٰ

  And Thamud - and He did not spare [them] -

• Al-Haaqqa 69:5✦ skyread

  فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ

  So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].

• Al-Furqaan 25:38✦ skyread

  وَعَادًا وَثَمُودَا۟ وَأَصْحَٰبَ ٱلرَّسِّ وَقُرُونًۢا بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ كَثِيرًا

  And [We destroyed] 'Aad and Thamud and the companions of the well and many generations between them.

• Al-Hijr 15:80✦ skyread

  وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْحِجْرِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

  And certainly did the companions of Thamud deny the messengers.

• Hud 11:68✦ skyread

  كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا۟ فِيهَآ أَلَآ إِنَّ ثَمُودَا۟ كَفَرُوا۟ رَبَّهُمْ أَلَا بُعْدًا لِّثَمُودَ

  As if they had never prospered therein. Unquestionably, Thamud denied their Lord; then, away with Thamud.

• Al-Hajj 22:42✦ skyread

  وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَثَمُودُ

  And if they deny you, [O Muhammad] - so, before them, did the people of Noah and 'Aad and Thamud deny [their prophets],

• Al-Qamar 54:23✦ skyread

  كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

  Thamud denied the warning

• Al-Ankaboot 29:38✦ skyread

  وَعَادًا وَثَمُودَا۟ وَقَد تَّبَيَّنَ لَكُم مِّن مَّسَٰكِنِهِمْ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ فَصَدَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَكَانُوا۟ مُسْتَبْصِرِينَ

  And [We destroyed] 'Aad and Thamud, and it has become clear to you from their [ruined] dwellings. And Satan had made pleasing to them their deeds and averted them from the path, and they were endowed with perception.

• Adh-Dhaariyat 51:43✦ skyread

  وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ

  And in Thamud, when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a time."

• Saad 38:12✦ skyread

  كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

  The people of Noah denied before them, and [the tribe of] 'Aad and Pharaoh, the owner of stakes,

• Al-Haaqqa 69:4✦ skyread

  كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ

  Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.

• Ash-Shu'araa 26:141✦ skyread

  كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

  Thamud denied the messengers

• Fussilat 41:17✦ skyread

  وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَٰهُمْ فَٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟ ٱلْعَمَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ صَٰعِقَةُ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْهُونِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

  And as for Thamud, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance, so the thunderbolt of humiliating punishment seized them for what they used to earn.

• Qaaf 50:12✦ skyread

  كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ

  The people of Noah denied before them, and the companions of the well and Thamud

• Hud 11:59✦ skyread

  وَتِلْكَ عَادٌ جَحَدُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَعَصَوْا۟ رُسُلَهُۥ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ

  And that was 'Aad, who rejected the signs of their Lord and disobeyed His messengers and followed the order of every obstinate tyrant.

• Hud 11:60✦ skyread

  وَأُتْبِعُوا۟ فِى هَٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا لَعْنَةً وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ أَلَآ إِنَّ عَادًا كَفَرُوا۟ رَبَّهُمْ أَلَا بُعْدًا لِّعَادٍ قَوْمِ هُودٍ

  And they were [therefore] followed in this world with a curse and [as well] on the Day of Resurrection. Unquestionably, 'Aad denied their Lord; then away with 'Aad, the people of Hud.

• Fussilat 41:13✦ skyread

  فَإِنْ أَعْرَضُوا۟ فَقُلْ أَنذَرْتُكُمْ صَٰعِقَةً مِّثْلَ صَٰعِقَةِ عَادٍ وَثَمُودَ

  But if they turn away, then say, "I have warned you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt [that struck] 'Aad and Thamud.

• Ash-Shu'araa 26:123✦ skyread

  كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

  'Aad denied the messengers

• Al-Qamar 54:18✦ skyread

  كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

  'Aad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

• Saad 38:13✦ skyread

  وَثَمُودُ وَقَوْمُ لُوطٍ وَأَصْحَٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ

  And [the tribe of] Thamud and the people of Lot and the companions of the thicket. Those are the companies.

• An-Naml 27:45✦ skyread

  وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَٰلِحًا أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فَإِذَا هُمْ فَرِيقَانِ يَخْتَصِمُونَ

  And We had certainly sent to Thamud their brother Salih, [saying], "Worship Allah," and at once they were two parties conflicting.

• Al-Fajr 89:6✦ skyread

  أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

  Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -

• Al-A'raaf 7:73✦ skyread

  وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَٰلِحًا قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ قَدْ جَآءَتْكُم بَيِّنَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةُ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ ءَايَةً فَذَرُوهَا تَأْكُلْ فِىٓ أَرْضِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

  And to the Thamud [We sent] their brother Salih. He said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. This is the she-camel of Allah [sent] to you as a sign. So leave her to eat within Allah 's land and do not touch her with harm, lest there seize you a painful punishment.

• Al-Israa 17:59✦ skyread

  وَمَا مَنَعَنَآ أَن نُّرْسِلَ بِٱلْءَايَٰتِ إِلَّآ أَن كَذَّبَ بِهَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ وَءَاتَيْنَا ثَمُودَ ٱلنَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةً فَظَلَمُوا۟ بِهَا وَمَا نُرْسِلُ بِٱلْءَايَٰتِ إِلَّا تَخْوِيفًا

  And nothing has prevented Us from sending signs except that the former peoples denied them. And We gave Thamud the she-camel as a visible sign, but they wronged her. And We send not the signs except as a warning.

• Hud 11:50✦ skyread

  وَإِلَىٰ عَادٍ أَخَاهُمْ هُودًا قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا مُفْتَرُونَ

  And to 'Aad [We sent] their brother Hud. He said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. You are not but inventors [of falsehood].

• Al-Ghaafir 40:31✦ skyread

  مِثْلَ دَأْبِ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَعَادٍ وَثَمُودَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ ظُلْمًا لِّلْعِبَادِ

  Like the custom of the people of Noah and of 'Aad and Thamud and those after them. And Allah wants no injustice for [His] servants.

• Hud 11:95✦ skyread

  كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا۟ فِيهَآ أَلَا بُعْدًا لِّمَدْيَنَ كَمَا بَعِدَتْ ثَمُودُ

  As if they had never prospered therein. Then, away with Madyan as Thamud was taken away.

• Hud 11:61✦ skyread

  وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَٰلِحًا قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ هُوَ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱسْتَعْمَرَكُمْ فِيهَا فَٱسْتَغْفِرُوهُ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ إِنَّ رَبِّى قَرِيبٌ مُّجِيبٌ

  And to Thamud [We sent] their brother Salih. He said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. He has produced you from the earth and settled you in it, so ask forgiveness of Him and then repent to Him. Indeed, my Lord is near and responsive."

• Adh-Dhaariyat 51:41✦ skyread

  وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلْعَقِيمَ

  And in 'Aad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.

• Qaaf 50:13✦ skyread

  وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَٰنُ لُوطٍ

  And 'Aad and Pharaoh and the brothers of Lot

• Ash-Shu'araa 26:105✦ skyread

  كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

  The people of Noah denied the messengers

• Al-Qamar 54:33✦ skyread

  كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

  The people of Lot denied the warning.

• Al-Fajr 89:9✦ skyread

  وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

  And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?

• Al-Burooj 85:18✦ skyread

  فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ

  [Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud?

• Al-Ahqaf 46:21✦ skyread

  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

  And mention, [O Muhammad], the brother of 'Aad, when he warned his people in the [region of] al-Ahqaf - and warners had already passed on before him and after him - [saying], "Do not worship except Allah. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."

Where it falls

These verses across the book in reading order. Most of them sit in Hud.

How it sounds

Measured against the whole book, so the difference is what matters.

Next to this

The groups sitting closest to this one in meaning.