Who Was The people of Ad? Who asked who was stronger in Islamic History

Before the worldBefore Adam

The first nationsAdam to Shuayb

Egypt and Bani Israilc. 1300–1000 BCE

Bani Israil and Romec. 1000 BCE – 250 CE

Arabia before IslamUp to 570 CE

Enemies of the Prophet ﷺ610–632 CE

After the Prophet ﷺ632–1000 CE

Crusades and conquests1090–1502 CE

The end of timeStill to come

Ten signs before the Hour

Isa ibn Maryam descends
A landslide in the east
A landslide in the west
A landslide in Arabia
The smoke
The sun rises from the west
The Beast of the earth
A fire from Yemen drives people to their gathering

Sahih Muslim lists ten major signs before the Hour without fixing their order. This follows a common order given by the scholars. Sahih Muslim 2901a ↗

Villains of history6 / 76

قوم عاد

The people of Ad

Who asked who was strongerAge of Hud

Relied onTheir strength and their towering buildings

Undone byA wind

A mighty people of the sand dunes who built monuments on every height and fortresses as if they would live for ever. They called Hud a fool and asked, 'Who is greater than us in strength?'

How it ended

They saw a cloud and cheered at the rain. It was a furious wind that blew for seven nights and eight days and left them like hollow palm trunks (69:6-7).

And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
Quran 69:6

The lessonStrength that forgets the One who gave it is weakness waiting to happen.

In the Quran

7:65-72 11:50-60 26:123-140 41:15-16 46:21-25 69:6-8

Stood against
Source: Named in the QuranTheir land, al-Ahqaf, is placed by most commentators in southern Arabia between Yemen and Oman.

Every villain in Islamic history, from Iblis to the Dajjal

Each entry is drawn from the Quran, authentic hadith (with links to sunnah.com), the classical commentators and the historians. Companions who fought Islam and later became Muslim are not included, nor are figures Muslims disagree about.

Before the worldBefore Adam

Before Adam Iblis: the one who refused