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Surah Hud, ayah 59

وَتِلْكَ عَادٌ ۖ جَحَدُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَعَصَوْا۟ رُسُلَهُۥ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ

And that was ʿAad, who rejected the signs of their Lord and disobeyed His messengers and followed the order of every obstinate tyrant.

Hud · 11:59

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  1. وَتِلْكَwatil'kaAnd this
  2. عَادٌۭ ۖʿādun(was) Aad
  3. جَحَدُوا۟jaḥadūthey rejected
  4. بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyāti(the) Signs
  5. رَبِّهِمْrabbihim(of) their Lord
  6. وَعَصَوْا۟waʿaṣawand disobeyed
  7. رُسُلَهُۥrusulahuHis Messengers
  8. وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟wa-ittabaʿūand followed
  9. أَمْرَamra(the) command
  10. كُلِّkulli(of) every
  11. جَبَّارٍjabbārintyrant
  12. عَنِيدٍۢʿanīdinobstinate

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