۞ وَٱذۡكُرۡ أَخَا عَادٍ إِذۡ أَنذَرَ قَوۡمَهُۥ بِٱلۡأَحۡقَافِ وَقَدۡ خَلَتِ ٱلنُّذُرُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ يَدَيۡهِ وَمِنۡ خَلۡفِهِۦٓ أَلَّا تَعۡبُدُوٓاْ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ٢١
Wadhkur akhā 'ādin idh andhara qawmahū bil-ahqāfi waqad khalatin-nudhuru mim bayni yadayhi wamin khalfihī allā ta'budū illallāha innī akhāfu 'alaykum 'adhāba yawmin 'azīm
And mention, [O Muḥammad], the brother of ʿAad,1484 when he warned his people in [the region of] al-Aḥqāf - and warners had already passed on before him and after him - [saying], "Do not worship except Allāh. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."1485
Footnotes
1484 i.e., the prophet Hūd.
1485 Upon the earth. It could also refer to "a tremendous Day," i.e., that of resurrection.