Ar-Rass __socratesPageHistoryEdit Visual Text AR-RASS. الرس A word which occurs twice in the Qur'an the meaning of which is uncertain. Surah xxv. 40: "The people of 'Ad. and Samud, the people of the Russ." Surah 1. 12: "Before them the people of Noah and the follows of the Rass and Samud and Ad and Pharaoh, called time Apostles liars." According to the commentators al-Jalalan, it is the name of a well near Midian. Some take it to be the name of a town in Yamamah. Based on <a href="https://www.juancole.com/library/books/encyclopedias/dictionary-of-islam-hughes ">Hughes, Dictionary of Islam</a> CancelTweetShareRedditEmail