۞ وَٱذۡكُرۡ

أَخَا

عَادٍ

إِذۡ

أَنذَرَ

قَوۡمَهُۥ

بِٱلۡأَحۡقَافِ

وَقَدۡ

خَلَتِ

ٱلنُّذُرُ

مِنۢ

بَيۡنِ

يَدَيۡهِ

وَمِنۡ

خَلۡفِهِۦٓ

أَلَّا

تَعۡبُدُوٓاْ

إِلَّا

ٱللَّهَ

إِنِّيٓ

أَخَافُ

عَلَيۡكُمۡ

عَذَابَ

يَوۡمٍ

عَظِيمٖ

٢١

And mention, [O Muḥammad], the brother of ʿAad,¹ when he warned his people in [the region of] al-Aḥqāf - and warners had already passed on before him and after him - [saying], "Do not worship except Allāh. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."²