‘Ad
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‘Ad (also called Ad) is the grandson of Ham who came from the northeast and was the progenitor of the Adites. The Adites are among the first inhabitants of the country of the Arabians.
According to the Atlantis mythology, he married 1,000 wives, had 4,000 sons, and lived 1,200 years. His descendants multiplied considerably. After Ad's death, his sons Shadid and Shedad reigned in succession over the Adites.
According to the Qur'an, Ad was a city Noah warned of the Flood and the place to which the Islamic prophet Hud (هود) was sent to guide its people back to the righteous path of Islam. The citizens continued in their idolatrous ways, and Allah destroyed their city in a great storm.
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