وَإِلَى عَاد أَخَاهُمْ هُودَاً قَالَ یَـقَومِ اعْبُدُوا اللهَ مَا لَکُمْ مِّنْ إِلَـه غَیْرُهُ أَفَلاَ تَتَّقُونَ (65) قَالَ الْمَلاَُ الَّذِینَ کَفَرُوا مِن قَوْمِهِ إنَّا لَنَریکَ فِى سَفَاهَة وَإِنَّا لَنَظُنُّکَ مِنَ الْکَـذِبینَ (66) قَالَ یَـقَوْمِ لَیْسَ بِى سَفَاهَةٌ وَلَـکِنِّىَ رَسُولٌ مِّن رَّبِّ الْعَـلَمِینَ (67) أُبَلِّغُکُمْ رِسَـلَتِ رَبِّى وَأَنَا لَکُمْ نَاصِحٌ أَمِینٌ (68) أَوَ عَجِبْتُمْ أَنْ جَآءَکُمْ ذِکْرٌ مِّن رَّبِّکُمْ عَلى رَجُل مِّنکُمْ لِیُنذِرَکُمْ واذْکُرُوا إِذْ جَعَلَکُمْ خُلَفَآءَ مِن بَعْدِ قَومِ نُوح وَزَادَکُمْ فِى الْخَلْقِ بَصطَةً فاذْکُرُوا ءَالآءَ اللهِ لَعَلَّکُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ (69) قَالُوا أَجِئْتَنَالِنَعْبُدَ اللهَ وَحْدَهُ وَنَذَرَ مَا کَانَ یَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَا فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن کُنتَ مِنَ الصَّـدِقینَ (70) قَالَ قَدْ وَقَعَ عَلَیْکُمْ مِّنْ رَّبِّکُمْ رِجْسٌ وَغَضَبٌ أَتُجَدِلُنَنى فِى أَسْمَاء سَمَّیْتُمُوهَا أَنْتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُکُمْ مَّا نَزَّلَ اللهَ بِهَا مِن سُلْطن فَانتَظِرُوا إِنِّى مَعَکُمْ مِّنَ الْمُنتَظِرِینَ (71) فَأَنْجَیْنهُ وَالَّذِینَ مَعَهُ بِرَحْمَة مِّنَّا وَقَطَعْنَا دَابِرَ الَّذِینَ کَذَّبُوا بِأیَـتِنَا وَمَا کَانُوا مُؤمِنینَ (72) 65- AND TO THE (TRIBE OF) AAD, (WE SENT) THEIR BROTHER HOOD. HE SAID: `O,MY PEOPLE! WORSHIP ALLAH. YOU HAVE NO GOD OTHER THAN HIM. WILL YOU NOT AVOID EVIL?'
66- THE CHIEF UNBELIEVERS OF HIS PEOPLE SAID: `WE SEE YOU IN FOLLY, AND WE THINK YOU TO BE OF THE LIARS.'
67- HE SAID: `O, MY PEOPLE! THERE IS NO FOLLY IN ME, BUT I AM A MESSENGER FROM THE LORD OF THE WORLDS.'
68- I DELIVER TO YOU THE MESSAGE OF MY LORD AND I AM A TRUSTWORTHY ADVISER FOR YOU.
69- DO YOU WONDER THAT THERE HAS COME TO YOU AN ADMONITION FROM YOUR LORD, THROUGH A MAN FROM AMONG YOU, IN ORDER TO WARN YOU?
AND REMEMBER THAT HE HAS MADE YOU HEIRS OF NOAH'S PEOPLE, AND INCREASED YOUR PHYSICAL POWER.
THEN REMEMBER ALLAH'S BOUNTIES PERHAPS YOU PROSPER.
70- THEY SAID: `HAVE YOU COME TO US (IN ORDER TO MAKE US) TO WORSHIP ALLAH ALONE, AND RENOUNCE THE GODS WHICH OUR FATHERS WORSHIPPED! THEN BRING US THAT WHICH YOU PROMISE US ( OF PUNISHMENTS) IF YOU ARE TRUTHFUL.
71- HE SAID: `VERILY ABOMINATION AND WARTH FROM YOUR LORD HAS FALLEN UPON YOU! DO YOU DISPUTE WITH ME ABOUT SOME NAMES WHICH YOU AND YOUR FATHERS HAVE INVENTED, AND FOR WHICH NO SANCTION HAS BEEN SENT DOWN FROM ALLAH! WAIT YOU THEN, I TOO, SHALL WAIT AMONG THE OTHERS WITH YOU.'
72- SO WE SAVED HIM AND THOSE WHO WERE WITH HIM THROUGH OUR MERCY, AND WE CUT OFF THE TRAIL OF THOSE WHO BELIED OUR SIGNS, AND WERE NOT BELIEVERS.