41 Preface وَفي عادٍ إِذ أَرسَلنا عَلَيهِمُ الرّيحَ العَقيمَYusuf AliAnd in the ‘Ād (people)1 (was another Sign): Behold, We sent against them the devastating Wind: Cf. 46:21-26. The point here is that the ‘Ād were a gifted people: God had given them talents and material wealth: but when they defied God, they and all their belongings were destroyed in a night, by a hurricane which they thought was bringing them the rain to which they were looking forward. How marvelously God’s Providence works, to help the good and destroy the wicked!