Surah Hud ayat 59 Tafsir Quran 11:59

﴿وَتِلْكَ عَادٌ ۖ جَحَدُوا بِآيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَعَصَوْا رُسُلَهُ وَاتَّبَعُوا أَمْرَ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ﴾
[ هود: 59]

11:59 And that was 'Aad, who rejected the signs of their Lord and disobeyed His messengers and followed the order of every obstinate tyrant.

And that was ‘Ād — this is an allusion to their remains; in other words go forth in the land and look at these remains. God then describes their case saying they knowingly denied the signs of their Lord and disobeyed His messengers rusulahu is in the plural because when a person disobeys a messenger he has effectively disobeyed all of them since they share a common principle in that Message with which they come namely the principle of God’s Oneness; and they that is the riffraff followed the command of every rebellious tyrant every leader of theirs who is obstinate with regard to the truth.

These were the people of Ad -the Adites- who just would not bow their hearts ears to the divine revelations nor their minds eyes to His signs betokening His Omnipotence and Authority, and they adhered to the same evil line of conduct espoused by every stubborn who plays the tyrant

وَيَسْتَخْلِفُ رَبِّى قَوْمًا غَيْرَكُمْ ( My Lord will make another people succeed you, ) This refers to a group of people who will worship Allah alone, without associating anything with Him.
This also implies that the polytheists do not bother Allah and they do not harm Him in the least with their disbelief.
To the contrary, their disbelief merely harms their own selves. إِنَّ رَبِّى عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ حَفِيظٌ ( Surely, my Lord is Guardian over all things. ) This means that Allah is a Witness and Guardian over the statements of His servants and their actions.
He will give them due recompense for their actions.
If they do good deeds, He will reward them with good.
If they do evil, He will punish them with evil. The Destruction of the People of `Ad and the Salvation of Those among Them Who believed وَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا ( And when Our commandment came, ) This is referring to the barren wind with which Allah destroyed them, to the very last of them.
The mercy and kindness of Allah, the Exalted saved Hud and his followers from this terrible punishment. فوَتِلْكَ عَادٌ جَحَدُواْ بِآيَـتِ رَبِّهِمْ g( Such were `Ad (people ).
They rejected the Ayat of their Lord) This means they disbelieved in the proofs and revelations ( of Allah ) and they disobeyed the Messengers of Allah ﷺ.
This is due to the fact that whoever disbelieves in a Prophet, then verily, he has disbelieved in all of the Prophets, peace be upon them.
There is no difference between any one of them, in the sense that it is necessary to believe in all of them.
Therefore, `Ad disbelieved in Hud and their disbelief was considered disbelief in all of the Messengers. وَاتَّبَعُواْ أَمْرَ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ ( and followed the command of every proud, obstinate. ) This means that they abandoned following their rightly guided Messenger and they followed the command of every proud, obstinate person.
Thus, they were followed in this life by a curse from Allah and His believing servants whenever they are mentioned.
On the Day of Resurrection a call will be made against them in front of witnesses. أَلا إِنَّ عَادًا كَفَرُواْ رَبَّهُمْ ( Verily, `Ad disbelieved in their Lord. )

(11:59) Such were 'Ad. They repudiated the signs of their Lord, disobeyed His Messengers, *65 and followed the bidding of every tyrannical enemy of the truth.

And that was 'Aad, who rejected the meaning

*65).
It is true that only one Messenger ( viz.
Hud ) had come to them.
However, his teachings were the same as those of all the other Messengers who had been raised among different nations and at different times.
Hence their rejection of Hud's message is referred to here as a rejection of all Messengers.

 

وَيَسْتَخْلِفُ رَبِّى قَوْمًا غَيْرَكُمْ ( My Lord will make another people succeed you, ) This refers to a group of people who will worship Allah alone, without associating anything with Him.
This also implies that the polytheists do not bother Allah and they do not harm Him in the least with their disbelief.
To the contrary, their disbelief merely harms their own selves. إِنَّ رَبِّى عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ حَفِيظٌ ( Surely, my Lord is Guardian over all things. ) This means that Allah is a Witness and Guardian over the statements of His servants and their actions.
He will give them due recompense for their actions.
If they do good deeds, He will reward them with good.
If they do evil, He will punish them with evil. The Destruction of the People of `Ad and the Salvation of Those among Them Who believed وَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا ( And when Our commandment came, ) This is referring to the barren wind with which Allah destroyed them, to the very last of them.
The mercy and kindness of Allah, the Exalted saved Hud and his followers from this terrible punishment. فوَتِلْكَ عَادٌ جَحَدُواْ بِآيَـتِ رَبِّهِمْ g( Such were `Ad (people ).
They rejected the Ayat of their Lord) This means they disbelieved in the proofs and revelations ( of Allah ) and they disobeyed the Messengers of Allah ﷺ.
This is due to the fact that whoever disbelieves in a Prophet, then verily, he has disbelieved in all of the Prophets, peace be upon them.
There is no difference between any one of them, in the sense that it is necessary to believe in all of them.
Therefore, `Ad disbelieved in Hud and their disbelief was considered disbelief in all of the Messengers. وَاتَّبَعُواْ أَمْرَ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ ( and followed the command of every proud, obstinate. ) This means that they abandoned following their rightly guided Messenger and they followed the command of every proud, obstinate person.
Thus, they were followed in this life by a curse from Allah and His believing servants whenever they are mentioned.
On the Day of Resurrection a call will be made against them in front of witnesses. أَلا إِنَّ عَادًا كَفَرُواْ رَبَّهُمْ ( Verily, `Ad disbelieved in their Lord. )

( And such were ’Aad. They denied the revelations of their Lord ) which were brought to them by Hud ( and flouted His messengers ) concerning the declaration of Allah’s divine Oneness ( and followed the command of every froward ) and they followed the words of every tyrant who kills upon being angry ( potentate ) and who turns away from Allah.

Such were 'Ad (people). They rejected the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of their Lord and disobeyed His Messengers, and followed the command of every proud obstinate (oppressor of the truth, from their leaders).

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