An-Najm Verse 50

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

And that He destroyed the earlier ‘Ād [people of Hūd],

and that He destroyed Ad, the ancient,

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

And that He destroyed the former 'A-ad.

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

that He it is Who destroyed the ancient 'Ad,

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

And that it is He Who earlier destroyed the tribe of Aad?

that it is He who destroyed the former ‘Ad,

And He destroyed the former (tribe of ) ‘Ad,

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

And that He destroyed Aad the first/beginning

And that it is He Who earlier destroyed the tribe of Aad?

And that He did destroy the A´ad of old

And that it is He (Allah) Who destroyed the former 'Ad (people),

Soon shall the hosts be routed, and they will show (their) backs.

And that He did destroy the Ad of old

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

It is He who utterly destroyed the ancient tribes of Ad,

that it was He that destroyed ancient Aad

And that it is He Who destroyed the former `Ad,

It was He who totally destroyed the former 'Ad

And that it is He who destroyed the first Aad.

and that He destroyed former `d (`dan al-l; a variant reading elides the nunation with the [following] lm [sc. `da'l-l]; this [former one] refers to the people of `d, while the second [`d] is that of the people of Slih)

And that it is He Who destroyed the former `Ad,

the people of Hud. They are the descendants of `Ad, son of Iram, son of Sam, son of Nuh.

As Allah the Exalted said,

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ

الَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى الْبِلَـدِ

Saw you not how your Lord dealt with `Ad. Of Iram, with the lofty pillars, the like of which were not created in the land, (89;6-8)

The people of `Ad were among the strongest, fiercest people and the most rebellious against Allah the Exalted and His Messenger. Allah destroyed them,

بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍسَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَـنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُوماً

By a furious violent wind! Which Allah imposed in them for seven nights and eight days in succession. (69;6-7)

Allah's statement,

وَثَمُودَ فَمَا أَبْقَى

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