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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the meaning of the killing of 'Ad in the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: What is the meaning of the killing of 'Ad in the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?

Answer:
You know, you know what happened to the people of 'Ad from what overtook them of the barren wind that uprooted them from the earth, and they were the largest of people in stature. It uprooted them from the earth, and they were
and said, "Who is greater than us in strength?"وَقَالُوا مَنْ أَشَدُّ مِنَّا قُوَّةً
[Fussilat 41:15]
? The wind overtook them and became stronger than they were; it uprooted them from the earth to the sky, then turned them upside down on their heads and broke their necks, so they became like the trunks of empty date palms, like the trunks of uprooted date palms.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما معنى قتل عاد في قول النبي –صلى الله عليه وسلم ؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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