Nations of the Quran
The peoples the prophets were sent to, and the groups the Quran tells of, from the verses that tell their stories. Where the Quran is silent on names, numbers or dates, the page says whose report it is, or leaves it out.
15 entries
- The people of Nuhقوم نوحNuh called them for nine and a half centuries; those who refused were drowned in the flood.Quran
- 'AdعادA mighty people of al-Ahqaf who denied Hud and were destroyed by a howling wind.Quran
- ThamudثمودThe people of al-Hijr who killed the she-camel of Allah and were seized by the blast.Quran
- The people of Lutقوم لوطThey practised an indecency no people had done before them, and their towns were overturned.Quran
- MadyanمدينShu'ayb called them to worship Allah and to give full measure and weight.Quran
- Pharaoh and his peopleفرعون وقومهMusa was sent to Pharaoh, who had exceeded all bounds; Pharaoh and his army were drowned.Quran
- The people of Yunusقوم يونسThe one people whose belief, when they saw the punishment coming, was accepted and spared them.Quran
- The companions of the caveأصحاب الكهفYoung believers who fled with their faith to a cave, where Allah made them sleep for three centuries.Quran
- The people of the ditchأصحاب الأخدودBelievers thrown into trenches of fire by a tyrant, after a boy's death brought the people to faith.Quran
- The companions of the elephantأصحاب الفيلAbraha's army marched with an elephant to destroy the Ka'ba, and birds pelted them with stones.Quran
- SabaسبأA people given two gardens who turned away from thanks, and were sent the flood of the dam.Quran
- The owners of the gardenأصحاب الجنةBrothers who swore to harvest at dawn so the poor would get nothing, and found their garden burnt.Quran
- The people of the Sabbathأصحاب السبتA town of the Children of Israel by the sea that broke the Sabbath by a trick, and was turned into apes.Quran
- The companions of ar-Rassأصحاب الرسA people who denied their messenger and were destroyed; the Quran names them with Ad and Thamud, and scholars differ on who they were.Quran
- The people of Tubba'قوم تبعA people of Yemen who denied the messenger sent to them and were destroyed; the Quran warns Quraysh with their end.Quran