And when He, glorified and exalted is He, indicated the perfection of His knowledge and the comprehensiveness of His power over the matters of the two horizons: the upper and the lower, this was a cause for turning towards what pleases Him and a warning against engaging in what angers Him. He began with a threat to those who refrained from that by mentioning what occurred to the earlier peoples of the wonders of His power. He said: "And indeed He destroyed 'Aad." He did not use the pronoun of separation because the destruction of them was not claimed for anyone other than Him. He made their matter terrifying by saying: "the first," meaning the ancient ones in time, indicating that He is the one who governs all times. He preceded them because evil came to them from where they thought it was good and they were certain that it was from the beneficial winds that they used to seek rain. It is said that 'Aad were two tribes: the first being the people of Hud, peace be upon him, and the other being Iram of the pillars. This was said by a group among them, including Al-Qushayri. Al-Baghawi said: They had descendants, and they were the other 'Aad. Ibn Jarir said: The first 'Aad are those whom Allah referred to in His saying: "Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with 'Aad?" [Al-Fajr: 6] "Iram" [Al-Fajr: 7]. They were called the first 'Aad because the sons of Luqaym ibn Hazal, Hazil ibn Anbal ibn 'Aad were living in Makkah at the time when Allah sent His punishment upon these people, along with their brothers from the giants, the descendants of 'Amliq ibn Lawdh ibn Sam ibn Nuh, peace be upon him. They were not afflicted by the punishment that afflicted their people, and they were the other 'Aad. Then they perished after some of them oppressed others, and they were annihilated. Others besides Ibn Jarir said: Indeed, Iram is the other 'Aad, and he connected to them his saying: