Surah Al-Ahqaf (الأحقاف) • The Wind-Curved Sandhills

Quran 46:21

46:21

۞ 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

wa-udh'kur akhā ʿādin idh andhara qawmahu bil-aḥqāfi waqad khalati l-nudhuru min bayni yadayhi wamin khalfihi allā taʿbudū illā l-laha innī akhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmin

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

— Saheeh International

Mention [Hud] of the tribe of Ad: he warned his people among the sand dunes- other warners have come and gone both before and after him- ‘ Worship no one but God: I fear for you, that you will be punished on a terrible Day,’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And remember (Hûd) the brother of ‘Âd, when he warned his people in Al-Ahqâf (the curved sand-hills in the southern part of Arabian Peninsula). And surely, there have passed away warners before him and after him (saying): "Worship none but Allâh; truly, I fear for you the torment of a mighty Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

۞ وَٱذْكُرْwa-udh'kurAnd mention
أَخَاakhā(the) brother
عَادٍʿādin(of) Aad
إِذْidhwhen
أَنذَرَandharahe warned
قَوْمَهُۥqawmahuhis people
بِٱلْأَحْقَافِbil-aḥqāfiin the Al-Ahqaf
وَقَدْwaqadand had already passed away
خَلَتِkhalatiand had already passed away
ٱلنُّذُرُl-nudhuru[the] warners
مِنۢminbefore him
بَيْنِbaynibefore him
يَدَيْهِyadayhibefore him
وَمِنْwaminand after him
خَلْفِهِۦٓkhalfihiand after him
أَلَّاallāThat not
تَعْبُدُوٓا۟taʿbudūyou worship
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
أَخَافُakhāfu[I] fear
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfor you
عَذَابَʿadhābaa punishment
يَوْمٍyawmin(of) a Day
عَظِيمٍۢʿaẓīminGreat