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Quran,Translation and Commentary in Brief (Vol. 06)
verses 29-32verses 26-28

YOU ARE NOT STRONGER THAN AD!
VERSE NO.26-28
The above verses conclude the previous ones, through which the Meccan polythiests have been addressed: Have you not seen the traces of Ad's civilization, and the ruins and remnants of their huge buildings, which boasted of lofty pillars and wonderful architecture, the like of which are not found elsewhere.
They were much stronger than you Arabs, but they could do nothing when God's wrath fell upon them. They were equipped with all the necessary material and spiritual means but did not make a good use of them.
They obstinately violated the Law of God and belied His compassionate and truthful Messengers.
In particular, the people of Ad were endowed with ear, eyes, and heart, which are the symbols for the faculties of art, science, and culture or other kinds of power. They were far more stronger than the tribe of QURAISH who stood against the Messenger of God.
When man denies or rejects the spiritual world, the highest of faculties and powers that belong to the material world, can avail him nothing in the hard troubles.
Those who lived before us were in more power and sins and destroyed their self and soul. Are then we exempted from tasting the fruit of our wrongs, and are we allowed to do whatever we like without any account?
The ending verse refers to the false gods and deified deities that man may serve them expecting their help in getting nearer to Allah:-
``Why then their gods whom they had taken apart from Allah did not help them the least?''
The false things that we depend on them at the time of need and emergency cases, will become a heavy burden upon our shoulder, and will avail us nothing. We are indeed alone when we have put our trust on something else other than our Merciful Lord!

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