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ʿĀd

ʿĀd (Arabic: عاد, ʿĀd) was an ancient tribe in pre-Islamic Arabia. The banū ʿĀd (people of ʿĀd) are best known for being mentioned two dozen times in the Quran, often in conjunction with Thamud. In 2025 it was shown that 'Ad was a tribe that existed two millennia ago in the Wadi Rum region of the southern Jordan.

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History and location

IyādPtolemy46South ArabiaLevant
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In Islam

EponymousUzAramShemNoah
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ArabicPre-Islamic ArabiaQuranThamudWadi Rum
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Location
Arabian Peninsula
Descended from
'Ād bin 'Aws bin Iram bin Sam bin Nuh
Ethnicity
Arab
Nisba
'Ādi

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ʿĀd

Nodes40
Edges39
Triples90
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.05
Components1

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ʿĀd

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related to In Islam · 38
ʿĀd → According, Ad, Adites, After, Al-Masudi, Amiri, Arabia, Arabic Transparent, Arabic Typesetting, Aram, Arial, Calibri, Destruction, Droid Arabic Naskh, God, Harmattan, Hud, Iraq, Islamic, Lateef
related to history · 30
ʿĀd → According, Ad, Alexandria, Andrew Rippin, Arabia, As, Damascus, Hismaic, In, Iram, Islamic, Islamic Arabian, Iyād, Jordan, Levant, Oadites, Oman, Pillars, Ptolemy, Recently
related to Sources · 15
ʿĀd → According, Ahmad, Al-Jallad, Ancient Arabia, Athīrat, Hishām, In Andrew Rippin's, Islamic Arabic, ISSN, Journal, Mufaḍḍaliyyāt, Quran, The, The Epigraphy, Tribe
related to Etymology · 3
ʿĀd → Ad, Islamic, There
Descended from · 1
ʿĀd → 'Ād bin 'Aws bin Iram bin Sam bin Nuh
Ethnicity · 1
ʿĀd → Arab
Location · 1
ʿĀd → Arabian Peninsula
Nisba · 1
ʿĀd → 'Ādi

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tribe 'ad arabia location mentioned ancient noah 46 pre-islamic according two iram arabic quran jordan banū people times wadi rum

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ʿĀdDescended from'Ād bin 'Aws bin Iram bin Sam bin Nuh1.00infobox
ʿĀdEthnicityArab1.00infobox
ʿĀdLocationArabian Peninsula1.00infobox
ʿĀdNisba'Ādi1.00infobox
ʿĀdrelated to EtymologyThere0.60section
ʿĀdrelated to EtymologyAd0.60section
ʿĀdrelated to EtymologyIslamic0.60section
ʿĀdrelated to historyAs0.60section
ʿĀdrelated to historyThe0.60section
ʿĀdrelated to historyAd0.60section
ʿĀdrelated to historyIslamic0.60section
ʿĀdrelated to historyIyād0.60section

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