People of Ad: Difference between revisions

The Qur'an calls the place where the people of 'Ad lived [[al-Ahqaf]], and mention Prophet Hud (a) the brother of 'Ad, when he warned his people at Ahqaf.<ref>Qur'an 46:21.</ref> "al-Ahqaf" means: dunes which pile up by the blow of wind in the deserts" and the land of 'Ad was called al-Ahqaf because it was a dune of such nature.<ref>Makārim Shīrāzī, ''Tafsīr-i nimūna'', vol. 21, p. 292.</ref> Exegetes have considered al-ahqaf a region in the south of Arabia.<ref>Qarashī, ''Qāmūs al-Qurʾān'', vol. 5, p. 65.</ref> However, there are disagreements on its accurate location.<ref>Ṭabāṭabāyī, al-Mīzān, vol. 18, p. 210.</ref> [['Allama Tabataba'i]] and [[al-Tabrisi]] believed that al-Ahqaf was a place between [[Yemen]] and [[Oman]] which is a dune now.<ref>Ṭabāṭabāyī, ''al-Mīzān'', vol. 10, p. 456; Ṭabrisī, ''Tarjuma-yi Tafsīr Majmaʿ al-bayān'', vol. 18, p. 218.</ref> In Qur'an 46 which meant to warn [[polytheists]] about a painful [[reward and punishment|punishment]].<ref>Ṭabāṭabāyī, ''al-Mīzān'', vol. 18, p. 283.</ref> A part of the story of 'Ad is mentioned as an example of punished polytheists. In ''[[Tafsir-i Nimuni]]'', [[Ayatollah Makarim Shirazi]] believed that the name of Sura al-Ahqaf (Qur'an 46) is adopted from the story of 'Ad and their place of living.<ref>Makārim Shīrāzī, ''Tafsīr-i nimūna'', vol. 21, p. 295.</ref>