According to Islamic tradition, Ad (also rendered ''Aad''), who came from the northeast and was the progenitor of the
Adites and was the son of
Uz (عوض), who was the son of
Aram
Aram may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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(إرم), who was the son of
Shem
Shem (; he, שֵׁם ''Šēm''; ar, سَام, Sām) ''Sḗm''; Ge'ez: ሴም, ''Sēm'' was one of the sons of Noah in the book of Genesis and in the book of Chronicles, and the Quran.
The children of Shem were Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, L ...
, the son of Noah (سام بن نوح). Therefore,
Noah
Noah ''Nukh''; am, ኖህ, ''Noḥ''; ar, نُوح '; grc, Νῶε ''Nôe'' () is the tenth and last of the pre-Flood patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions. His story appears in the Hebrew Bible (Book of Genesis, chapters 5– ...
(نوح) is said to be Ad's great-great-grandfather.
In Islamic tradition, the Adites are believed to be among the first inhabitants of
Arabia
The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate. ...
. They belong to what is known as the
Extinct Arabs (العرب البائدة).
After Ad's death, his sons Shadid and Shedad reigned in succession over the Adites.
ʿĀd
ʿĀd ( ar, عَادٌ, ') is an ancient tribe mentioned frequently in the Qurʾān.
The tribe's members, referred to as ʿĀdites, formed a prosperous nation until they were destroyed in a violent storm. According to Islamic tradition, the st ...
then became a collective term for all those descended from Ad.
According to the
Quran
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,
Iram (إرم) is the place to which Hud (AS) was sent in order to guide its people back to the righteous path of
God
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. The citizens continued in their polytheistic ways and
Allah
Allah (; ar, الله, translit=Allāh, ) is the common Arabic word for God. In the English language, the word generally refers to God in Islam. The word is thought to be derived by contraction from '' al- ilāh'', which means "the god", an ...
destroyed
their city in a great storm.
Quran 89:6-14 mentions ʿĀd:It is said that Hud along with his closest family escaped the region and resettled in and around the modern area of
Hadramaut
Hadhramaut ( ar, حَضْرَمَوْتُ \ حَضْرَمُوتُ, Ḥaḍramawt / Ḥaḍramūt; Hadramautic: 𐩢𐩳𐩧𐩣𐩩, ''Ḥḍrmt'') is a region in South Arabia, comprising eastern Yemen, parts of western Oman and southern Saud ...
in Yemen. His grave is traditionally said to be located there till this day. According to Islamic scholarship, the descendants of Hud were the forerunners to the
Pure Arabs (العرب العاربة).
See also
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ʿĀd
ʿĀd ( ar, عَادٌ, ') is an ancient tribe mentioned frequently in the Qurʾān.
The tribe's members, referred to as ʿĀdites, formed a prosperous nation until they were destroyed in a violent storm. According to Islamic tradition, the st ...
, ancient Arab tribe
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