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Sad
Surah 38
Verse 13
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The Letter 'Saad' • makkah
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العربیّا عثمانی (Arabic Uthmani)
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
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38:13
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
Before them too the people of Noah, and the tribe of ‘Ad and Pharaoh, the lord of stakes, treated the Messengers as liars;
English - Five Volume Translation
[a]Before them too the people of Noah, and the tribe of ‘Ad and Pharaoh, the lord of stakes, rejected the Messengers as liars;[3383]
9:70; 40:32; 50:13.
Important Words:
اوتاد (stakes) is the plural of وتد. They say وتد الوتد i.e. he made the peg firm or he drove it into the hole. اوتاد means, tent-pegs, poles, wooden nails; stakes etc. اوتاد الارض signifies, the mountains; اوتاد البلاد means, the chief men of the towns and اوتاد الفم means, the teeth (Aqrab). ذو الاوتاد thus signifies, lord of large armies or stakes or of firmly established dominions.
English - Short Commentary Translation
[b]Before them too the people of Noah, and the tribe of ‘Ad and Pharaoh, the Lord of stakes,[2520] rejected the Messengers as liars;
9:70; 40:32; 50:13.
Autadul-Ard means, mountains; and Autadul-Bilad signifies, the chief men of the towns; and Dhul-Autad signifies, lord of large armies or stakes (Aqrab).