50وَإِلىٰ عادٍ أَخاهُم هودًا ۚ قالَ يا قَومِ اعبُدُوا اللَّهَ ما لَكُم مِن إِلٰهٍ غَيرُهُ ۖ إِن أَنتُم إِلّا مُفتَرونَMuhammad AsadAND UNTO [the tribe of] 'Ad [We sent] their brother Hud.1 He said: "O my people! Worship God [alone]: you have no deity other than Him. [As it is,] you are but inventors of falsehood!2For particulars relating to the name Hud as well as the tribe of 'Ad, see surah 7, note 48.I.e., inventors of alleged deities that have no reality in themselves (cf. 7:71, which also relates to the story of Hud). Regarding the term muftarun, see surah 7, note 119.