ٱلْأَحْقَاف : ٢١

  • وَٱذۡكُرۡ And mention
  • أَخَا (the) brother
  • عَادٍ (of) Aad
  • إِذۡ when
  • أَنذَرَ he warned
  • قَوۡمَهُۥ his people
  • بِٱلۡأَحۡقَافِ in the Al-Ahqaf
  • وَقَدۡ and had already passed away
  • خَلَتِ and had already passed away
  • ٱلنُّذُرُ [the] warners
  • مِنۢ before him
  • بَيۡنِ before him
  • يَدَيۡهِ before him
  • وَمِنۡ and after him
  • خَلۡفِهِۦٓ and after him
  • أَلَّا That not
  • تَعۡبُدُوٓاْ you worship
  • إِلَّا except
  • ٱللَّهَ Allah
  • إِنِّيٓ Indeed, I
  • أَخَافُ [I] fear
  • عَلَيۡكُمۡ for you
  • عَذَابَ a punishment
  • يَوۡمٍ (of) a Day
  • عَظِيمٖ Great
And mention, [O Muḥammad], the brother of ʿAad,1 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."
Footnotes
1

i.e., the prophet Hūd.

[1485] Upon the earth. It could also refer to "a tremendous Day," i.e., that of resurrection.

And mention the brother of 'aad, namely, Hood, peace be upon him, when (idh . [from here] to the end [of the verse] constitutes an inclusive substitution) he warned his people, he threatened them, at Ahqaaf, ['the Sand dunes' is the name of] a valley in Yemen, where their dwellings were located - and already warners, messengers, had passed away before him and after him, that is to say, before Hood [came to them] and after him, to their peoples - saying, 'Do not worship anyone but God (the statement [beginning with] wa-qad khalat, 'and already [warners] had passed away', is a parenthetical one). Truly I fear for you - should you worship other than God - the chastisement of a dreadful day'.