![]() ![]() Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisement: For thy Lord is (As a Guardian) on a watch-tower. And heaped therein Mischief (on mischief). In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.īy the Break of Day By the Nights twice five By the Even and Odd (contrasted) And by the Night when it passeth away Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand? Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the `Ad (people) Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars The like of which were not produced in (all) the land? And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? And with Pharaoh, Lord of Stakes? (All) these transgressed Beyond bounds in the lands. The lost city's relationship with the nation of 'Ad as mentioned in the Holy Quran is unclear.īelow is just one reference to the people of 'Ad in the Holy Quran. ![]() Previous efforts to find Ubar in Oman's dunes failed in 1930, 19. The city probably had fewer than 100 residents, but was surrounded by numerous campsites marked by pottery, firepits and charcoal. According to legend, Ubar was destroyed during a disaster about C.E. Evidence indicates that the city fell into a sinkhole created when an underground limestone cavern collapsed. Researchers found the city by tracing ancient desert roads detected in pictures taken from several spacecraft, including radar and optical cameras carried by Challenger in October 1984, said Ronald Blom, a geologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. The researchers have to overcome sandstorms and deadly vipers to locate the city's octagon-shaped stone walls, 6- to 8-foot-tall remnants of seven of its eight 30-foot-tall mud-brick towers, various rooms, frankincense burners and thousands of pieces of pottery. The researchers speculate that the city may have been the earliest known shipping center for frankincense, a fragrant gum resin harvested farther south. ![]() The lost city of Ubar, called "the Atlantis of the Sands" by Lawrence of Arabia, has been found in remote southern Oman using pictures taken from space shuttle Challenger, explorers said Tuesday. Pictures taken from the space shuttle find lost city of Ubarįeb. ![]()
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