وَتِلْكَ عَادٌ ۖ جَحَدُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَعَصَوْا۟ رُسُلَهُۥ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ
Wa tilka 'aad, jahadoo bi Aayaati Rabbihim wa 'asaw Rusulahoo wattaba'ooo amra kulli jabbaarin 'aneed
یہ (وہی) عاد ہیں جنہوں نے خدا کی نشانیوں سے انکار کیا اور اس کے پیغمبروں کی نافرمانی کی اور ہر متکبر وسرکش کا کہا مانا
Such were Aad: they rejected the signs of their Lord, defied his messengers, and followed the command of every stubborn tyrant.
Hud is the only messenger the Qur'an names as sent to ʿAd, yet the verse says they defied his messengers, plural, and commentators took it to mean that turning away one bearer of the message is turning away every one who carried it. The line is built as an exchange, with the obedience owed to messengers handed instead to every stubborn tyrant. ʿAnīd describes someone who veers off a path knowingly and keeps going.