Banu 'Ad
Sign in to saveʿĀd (, '''') was an ancient tribe in pre-Islamic Arabia. The banū ʿĀd (people of ʿĀd) are best known for being mentioned two dozen times in the Quran, often in conjunction with Thamud. In 2025 it was shown that 'Ad was a tribe that existed two millennia ago in the Wadi Rum region of the southern Jordan.
Key facts
- Tribe.name
- 'Ād
- Tribe.local name
- عَادٌ
- Tribe.type
- Ancient Arab tribe
- Tribe.ethnicity
- Arab
- Tribe.nisba
- 'Ādi
- Tribe.location
- Arabian Peninsula
- Tribe.descended
- 'Ād bin 'Aws bin Iram bin Sam bin Nuh
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