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Al-Aḥqāf
الأحقاف"The Sand Dunes"
- Number
- 46 of 114
- Verses
- 35
- Revealed
- Makkah
The people of ʿĀd, buried beneath their own civilization.
7 passages reference this surah
From 4 books in our audiobook library. Each passage is also spoken aloud in the app.
Volume One: From Tangier to the Lands of the East
Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta
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"near the city of Dhofar in Yemen, at a site called the Al-Ahqaf, a building with a grave marked as the grave of Hud ibn Abir, peace be upon him. One of the virtues of this mosque is its constant engagement with Qur'an recitation and prayer, with little interruption, as we"
Hud, Salih & the Destroyed Nations
Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets
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"living in the Akhgaf sand dunes, situated in Yemen between Oman and Hadhramaut. Their valley was called Mughith. They dwelled in tents with enormous pillars. As Allah says, Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad? With Aram, having lofty pillars."
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"his people in Al-Ahqaf, and warners had already passed on before him and after him. Do not worship other than Allah. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous day. They said, Have you come to delude us away from our gods?"
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"punishment of disgrace in the worldly life. But the punishment of the hereafter is more disgracing, and they will not be helped. And in Surah Al-Ahqaf, he, the exalted, said, And mention the brother of Ad, when he warned"
The Destroyed Nations & Yunus
Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets
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"Then Ad bin Az and his descendants journeyed from Al-Ras and settled in Al-Ahqaf. Allah destroyed the people of Al-Ras, and they spread throughout Yemen and beyond. Eventually Jiron bin Sa'd settled in Damascus and built its city, naming it Jiron, which"
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"is Iram of the pillars. Allah sent Hud to the people of Barakah and Al-Ahqaf, but they denied him, so Allah destroyed them. of Al-Ras existed long before Ad, with extended epics. Allah knows best."
Book 37: The Book of Intention, Sincerity, and Truthfulness
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din
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"of this world and the Hereafter what you gave him. In the Israelite accounts, it is narrated that during a famine, a man passed by sand dunes and thought, If this sand were food, I would distribute it among people."
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