123 Preface كَذَّبَت عادٌ المُرسَلينَYusuf AliThe ‘Ād (people) rejected1 the messengers.See n. 1040 to 7:65 for the ‘Ād people and their location. Here, the emphasis is on the fact that they were materialists believing in brute force, and felt secure in their fortresses and resources, but were found quite helpless when God’s Message came and they rejected it.