1693 - هودٌ عليه السلام‏

1693. HuD (AS) ¹

(وَإِلَى‏ عَادٍ أَخَاهُمْ هُوداً قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ مَالَكُمْ مِنْ إِلهٍ غَيْرُهُ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ) .²

"And to [the people of] Ad, Hud, their brother. He said, 'O my people, worship Allah! You have no other god besides Him. Will you not then be wary [of Him]?" ³

(اُنظر) هود : 50 - 60 والمؤمنون : 13 - 41 والشعراء : 123 - 140 وفصّلت : 13 - 16 والأحقاف : 21 والحاقّة : 4 - 8 والفجر : 6 - 8 .

(See also: Qur'an 11:50-60, 23:31-41, 26:123-140, 41:13-16, 46:21-26, 51:41-42, 54:18-22, 69:4-8, 89:6-8)

5953.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : إنّ نُوحاً عليه السلام لَمّا انقَضَت نُبُوّتُهُ واستَكمَلَت أيّامُهُ أوحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّوجلَّ إلَيهِ أن : يا نُوحُ قد قَضَيتَ نُبُوّتَكَ واستَكمَلتَ أيّامَكَ، فاجعَلِ العِلمَ الّذي عِندَكَ والإيمانَ والاسمَ الأكبَرَ ومِيراثَ العِلمِ وآثارَ عِلمِ النُّبُوّةِ في العَقِبِ مِن ذُرّيَّتِكَ ...
وبَشَّرَ نُوحٌ ساماً بِهُودٍ عليه السلام ، وكانَ فيما بينَ نُوحٍ وهُودٍ مِن الأنبياءِ . وقالَ نُوحٌ : إنّ اللَّهَ باعِثٌ نَبيّاً يُقالُ لَهُ : هُودٌ ، وإنّهُ يَدعو قَومَهُ إلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّوجلَّ فيُكَذِّبونَهُ واللَّهُ عَزَّوجلَّ مُهلِكُهُم بالرِّيحِ ، فمَن أدرَكَهُ مِنكُم فَليُؤمِنْ بهِ وليَتَّبِعْهُ فإنّ اللَّهَ عَزَّوجلَّ يُنَجِّيهِ مِن عَذابِ الرِّيحِ .⁴

5953.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'When Noah's prophethood finished and his time came to an end, Allah Almighty revealed to him: 'O Noah, you have fulfilled your prophethood and your days have come to an end, so put the knowledge you have, the faith, the Great Name, the heritage of knowledge and the legacy of the knowledge of prophethood in the offspring of your progeny...'. Noah informed Sam of the coming of Hud (AS), and there were prophets between Noah and Hud. Noah said, 'Allah will send a prophet by the name of Hud. He will invite his people to Allah and they will refute him. Allah Almighty will destroy them with wind, and so those of you who live to see him must believe in him and follow him, for Allah will save you from the punishment of the wind.' ⁵

5954.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : لَمّا بَعثَ اللَّهُ عَزَّوجلَّ هُوداً عليه السلام أسلَمَ لَهُ العَقِبُ مِن وُلدِ سامٍ ، وأمّاالآخَرونَ فقالوا: مَن أشَدُّ مِنّا قُوّةً ؟! فاُهلِكوا بالرِّيحِ العَقيمِ ، وأوصاهُم هُودٌ وبَشَّرَهُم بصالِحٍ عليه السلام .⁶

5954.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'When Allah Almighty sent Hud (AS), the descendants of Sam believed in him. As for the others, they said, 'Who can be stronger than us?' So they were destroyed with the barren wind. Hud exhorted them and informed them of Salih (AS).' ⁷

إشارة إلى قِصّةِ هُودٍ وقَومِهِ عادٍ

Details of the Story of Hud and his People and Ad

الذي يذكره القرآن الكريم من قصّتهم هو أنّ عاداً - وربّما يسمّيهم عاداً الاُولى‏ (النجم : 50) وفيه إشارة إلى‏ أنّ هناك عاداً ثانية - كانوا قوماً يسكنون الأحقاف‏⁸ من شبه جزيرة العرب (الأحقاف : 21) بعد قوم نوح (الأعراف : 69) ...
لم يزل القوم يتنعّمون بنعمة اللَّه حتّى‏ غيّروا ما بأنفسهم ، فتعرّقت فيهم الوثنيّة وبنَوا بكلّ رِيع آيةً يَعبثون ...
فبعث اللَّه إليهم أخاهم هوداً يدعوهم إلَى الحقّ ويرشدهم إلى‏ أن يعبدوا اللَّه ويرفضوا الأوثان ويعملوا بالعدل والرحمة (الشعراء : 130) فبالغ في وعظهم وبثّ النصيحة فيهم ، وأنار الطريق وأوضح السبيل ، وقطع عليهم العذر ، فقابلوه بالإباء والامتناع ...
فأنزل اللَّه عليهم العذاب ، وأرسل إليهم الريح العقيم ما تذر من شي‏ء أتت عليه إلّا جعلته كالرميم (الذاريات : 42) . . .⁹

What the glorious Quran mentions about their story is that Ad - and they are also called the former Ad (Quran 53:50), indicating that there was a second Ad - was a group of people living in al-Ahqaf ¹⁰ in the Arabian peninsula (Quran 46:21) after the people of Noah (Quran 7:69).
...the people were happily enjoying the bounties of Allah until they changed what was in their selves [their behaviour and morals], and paganism became deeply rooted in them and they built a sign on every hill with amusement.
So Allah sent to them their brother Hud to call them to the Truth guiding them to worship Allah, to refute the idols, and to live with justice and mercy (Quran 26:130). He advised them greatly and spread exhortations among them. He enlightened the way, clarified the path, and cut off their excuses from them, and they repaid him with nothing but refusal and denial. So Allah sent punishment down upon them and sent down a barren wind that did not leave anything it came across without rendering it like decayed bones (Quran 51:42). ¹¹