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Key Verses

1. 23:31Al-MuminunCommand
   ثُمَّ أَنشَأۡنَا مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ قَرۡنًا ءَاخَرِينَ
   Then, after them, We brought forth another generation;
   In context

   Thereafter, I created a different generation of people after destroying the people of Noah. They were the Ād, the people of Hud (peace be upon him).

2. 23:42Al-Muminun
   ثُمَّ أَنشَأۡنَا مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ قُرُونًا ءَاخَرِينَ
   Then after them We brought forth other generations.
   In context

   Then, after destroying them, I created other peoples and nations, like the nation of Lot, Shu‘ayb and Jonah.

3. 89:7Al-Fajr
   إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ
   With many-columned Iram,
   In context

   The tribe of ‘Ād that traced to its forefather, the tall Iram.

4. 15:5Al-Hijr
   مَّا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ
   No nation can outstrip its term nor can they lag behind.
   In context

   A nation will not be destroyed before its appointed time, and its destruction will not be delayed when its time arrives. The wrongdoers should not have hope in Allah delaying their fate.