59وَتِلكَ عادٌ ۖ جَحَدوا بِآياتِ رَبِّهِم وَعَصَوا رُسُلَهُ وَاتَّبَعوا أَمرَ كُلِّ جَبّارٍ عَنيدٍMuhammad AsadAnd that was [the end of the tribe of] 'Ad, [who] had rejected their Sustainer's messages, and rebelled against His apostles, and followed the bidding of every arrogant enemy of the truth.1An allusion to "the great ones among them, who refused to acknowledge the truth" (7:66). Regarding the above interpretation of the term jabbar, see note 58 on 26:130.