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Muhammad Asad   
and that it is He who destroyed the ancient [tribes of] A
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And He destroyed the first ˹people of˺ ’Ȃd,
Safi Kaskas   
that it is He who destroyed the first people of Aad

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Arabic   
وَأَنَّهُ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا الْأُولَى
Transliteration (2021)   
wa-annahu ahlaka ʿādan l-ūl
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
And that He destroyed Aad the first,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
and that it is He who destroyed the ancient [tribes of] A
M. M. Pickthall   
And that He destroyed the former (tribe of) A'ad
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
And that it is He Who destroyed the (powerful) ancient 'Ad (people)
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
And He destroyed the first ˹people of˺ ’Ȃd,
Safi Kaskas   
that it is He who destroyed the first people of Aad
Wahiduddin Khan   
It was He who totally destroyed the former A
Shakir   
And that He did destroy the Ad of ol
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
and that He caused to perish the previous Ad
T.B.Irving   
"Yet He wiped out the first [nation] of Ad
Abdul Hye   
and that it is He Who destroyed the former Ad (people),
The Study Quran   
and that He destroyed ?Ad the Forme
Dr. Kamal Omar   
And that He annihilated the initial (tribes of) ’Ad (people)
Farook Malik   
and that it is He Who destroyed the people of ‘Ad
Talal A. Itani (new translation)   
And that it is He who destroyed the first Aad
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
And that He caused to perish the earliest Aad
Muhammad Sarwar   
It is He who utterly destroyed the ancient tribes of Ad
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
and that He has destroyed the earlier ‘Ad
Shabbir Ahmed   
- xii And that He it is Who annihilated the former tribe of Aad. (They were men of intellect but refused to establish the Divine System (7:65). A wrong system, however smartly run, is bound to collapse)
Dr. Munir Munshey   
He destroyed the ´Aads´ of the former (era)
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
And that it is He Who destroyed the (powerful) 'Ad (people) of the old
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
And that He destroyed the first [people of] 'Aa
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
And He is the One who destroyed `Aad the first
Abdel Haleem   
that it was He who destroyed, in their entirety, ancient 'A
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
And that He destroyed the former 'A-ad
Ahmed Ali   
That it was He who destroyed the 'Ad of old
Aisha Bewley   
that He destroyed ´Ad, the earlier people,
Ali Ünal   
And He destroyed the former (tribe of ) ‘Ad
Ali Quli Qara'i   
and that it is He who destroyed the former ‘a€d
Hamid S. Aziz   
And that He did destroy the A´ad of ol
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
And that He destroyed the earlier Aa
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
And that it is He Who caused to perish, the ancient ‘Ad people
Musharraf Hussain   
He destroyed the first Ad
Maududi   
that He it is Who destroyed the ancient ´Ad
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
And He is the One who destroyed `Aad the first.
Mohammad Shafi   
And that He it is Who destroyed the ancient people of AAa

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
And that it is He Who destroyed the first Aad;
Rashad Khalifa   
He is the One who annihilated ancient `Aad.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
that it was He that destroyed ancient Aa
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
From the small life-germ when it is adapted
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira   
And that He destroyed Aad the first/beginning
Bijan Moeinian   
Know that God is the One Who destroyed the tribe of Ad [the rebellious people of Prophet Hud]
Faridul Haque   
And that it is He Who earlier destroyed the tribe of Aad
Sher Ali   
And that HE destroyed the first tribe of Ad
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
And that He is the One Who destroyed the first (people of) ‘Ad
Amatul Rahman Omar   
And that He destroyed the ancient (tribe of) `ad
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
And that it is He (Allah) Who destroyed the former Ad (people)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
and that He destroyed Ad, the ancient
George Sale   
and that He destroyed the ancient tribe of Ad
Edward Henry Palmer   
and that He it was who destroyed 'Ad of yore
John Medows Rodwell   
And that it was He who destroyed the ancient Adites
N J Dawood (2014)   
that it was He who obliterated ‘Ād at firs

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
[They witnessed] that it is He who destroyed the ancient ‘Ad…
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
"Yet He wiped out the first [nation] of Ad
Ahmed Hulusi   
And indeed, it is HU who destroyed the former Aad.
Mir Aneesuddin   
and that He destroyed the ancient Aad,
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim   
And that it was He Who annihilated the ancient most powerful earlier generations of the people of 'Ad -the first Adites- and raised their cities to the ground

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
And that it is He Who destroyed the (powerful) ancient 'Ad (people)
OLD Literal Word for Word   
And that He destroyed Aad the first