7 Preface إِرَمَ ذاتِ العِمادِYusuf AliOf the (city of) Iram,1 with lofty pillars,Iram would seem to have been an ancient ‘Ād capital, in southern Arabia. It boasted of lofty architecture (“lofty pillars”). Some Commentators understand Iram to be the name of an eponymous hero of ‘Ād, in which case the following line, “with lofty pillars”, should be construed “of lofty stature”. ‘Ād were a tall race.