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Why did God destroy the people of Ad?

A people who returned from the previous peoples in the previous times, among those whom God Almighty destroyed and destroyed because of their disbelief and their denial of the Messengers and Islam. The people of Ad used to live in the “Al-Ahqaf” area, and some suggest that they lived in Al-Ahqaf, an area located between (Yemen and Oman). . And the people of Ad came after the people of our master Noah, upon him the famous path, which ended with the drowning of the people of our master Noah and the death of the unbelievers by drowning, and God Almighty saved Noah and those with him on the ship from drowning and death. Because they believed in God and believed in Him. And after they were saved from drowning, those of them who lived became safe, and they and their descendants populated the earth, and they worshiped God Almighty, not associating anything with Him.

And after the passage of years on the people of Noah, peace be upon him, the people of Ad came, and they returned to disbelief, and to the worship of idols, and it is an unexpected matter that people remain clinging to idols, after they saw the fate of Noah's people and how God destroyed them with their thoughts and drowned them.

So a people returned to worship idols, and it is said that they worshiped three idols: Sada, Samud, and Al-Hiba. Our master Hood, peace be upon him, came to an ordinary people, inviting them to stop worshiping idols, and to believe in God Almighty alone, who has no partner. Hood, peace be upon him, and despised his call, and what he brought of truth, and described him, peace be upon him, as foolish, reckless, and a liar. Far be it from him to be a hood as well, peace be upon him, and he continued hood calling them to Islam, and reminding them of the fate of the previous people among them, and how their fate was death and the loss of this life and the hereafter, and their fate was definitely hell. But they were not affected by their words, and they insisted on their disbelief and tyranny, and indulged in lusts and arrogance in the land.

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And the people of Ad were known for their skill in building huge edifices and large palaces, so it was only from God to end their unjust lives, and their thoughts on the earth and our disobedience to His commands, the Almighty, so He sent them “a stormy wind laden with dust and dust, so God Almighty prevented them from descending.” rain and withheld it from them for a period, and drought and drought afflicted them, and when they saw the black clouds coming upon them, they thought it was good that it would bring rain for them, and they did not think that it was the beginning of torment and the end of their lives and their disbelief. Obtaining a rain, but it is what you have hurried with a wind in which there is a painful torment (24) Every thing is destroyed by the matter of his Lord, so do not.

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So God sent them a strong wind that carried everything, carried their condition and their animals, and threw them to a far place, so they rushed to their homes to hide, but it was impossible to escape after God's punishment came, and they all died as if they had never lived and did not live in this world.

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