Transliteration:( Iramaa zaatil 'imaad )
📖 Tafseer (Commentary) of Ayah 89:7
🔹 Who Were the People of Iram?
✅ 🏗️ Builders of Grand Structures – The people of Iram were known for their towering buildings and advanced architecture.
✅ ⏳ The Two Generations of Aad –
✅ 👑 The Story of King Shaddad – A ruler from Aad who built an earthly paradise near Aden, which took 300 years to complete. He lived for 900 years but perished in Allah(اللَّهُ)'s punishment.
✅ ⚠️ A Lesson for Humanity – Despite their strength and achievements, the people of Iram were destroyed due to their arrogance and disobedience to Allah(اللَّهُ).
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(89:7) of Iram,[3] known for their lofty columns,
3. Aad Iram implies the ancient tribe of Aad, who have been called Aad-ula in the Quran and Arabian history. In Surah An-Najm, it has been said: And that We destroyed the ancient people of Aad (Surah An-Najm, ayat 50), i.e. the Aad to whom the Prophet Houd (peace be upon him) had been sent, and who were punished with a scourge. As against them the people of Aad who remained safe and flourished afterwards are remembered as Aad-ukhra in Arabian history. The ancient Aad are called Aad-lram for the reason that they belonged to that branch of the Semetic race which descended from Iram, son of Shem, son of Noah (peace be upon him). Several other sub-branches of this main branch are well known in history. One of which were the Thamud, who have been mentioned in the Quran; another are the Aramaeans, who in the beginning inhabited the northern parts of Syria and whose language Aramaic occupies an important place among the Semetic languages.
The words dhat-ul-imad (of lofty pillars) have been used for the Aad because they built high buildings and the pattern of architecture of erecting edifices on lofty pillars was introduced by them in the world. At another place in the Quran this characteristic has been mentioned in connection with the Prophet Houd (peace be upon him), who said to them: What, you erect for mere pleasure a monument on every high spot, and build huge castles as if you were immortal. (Surah Ash-Shuara, Ayats 128-129).
[1915]- Another name for the first people of ʿAad, to whom Prophet Hūd was sent. [1916]- Supporting their tents or buildings.
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