Collection: People of Iram (ʿĀd)

وَتِلْكَ عَادٌۭ ۖ جَحَدُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَعَصَوْا۟ رُسُلَهُۥ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍۢ ٥٩

That was ’Âd. They denied the signs of their Lord, disobeyed His messengers, and followed the command of every stubborn tyrant. [Qur’ān 11:59]

وَعَادًۭا وَثَمُودَا۟ وَأَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلرَّسِّ وَقُرُونًۢا بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ كَثِيرًۭا ٣٨

Also ˹We destroyed˺ ’Ȃd, Thamûd, and the people of the Water-pit, as well as many peoples in between. [Qur’ān 25:38] 

وَكُلًّۭا ضَرَبْنَا لَهُ ٱلْأَمْثَـٰلَ ۖ وَكُلًّۭا تَبَّرْنَا تَتْبِيرًۭا ٣٩

For each We set forth ˹various˺ lessons, and We ultimately destroyed each. [Qur’ān 25:39]

The ruins of ʿĀd are located in the region of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) in the Arabian Peninsula, primarily in modern-day Oman and Saudi Arabia.