Al-Huda Foundation
THE PROPHETS OF ISLAM
PROPHET HUD
Prophet
Hud was bom to Shaleh in the fifth generation from Nuh.
He was appointed as the messenger from Allah to the people known as Aa'd.
These people were a tall and sturdy race.
They had abandoned the worship of Allah in favor of idols hewed from
stone. Hud preached them the true
path for salvation and reminded them of the benevolences that their Creator had
bestowed them without their asking. But
they refused to pay attention.
Hud
warned them of the punishment Allah could unleash over them for their
disobedience. They arrogantly rejected
his warnings. They thought that no such
punishment could ever come over them. They
had forgotten the story of the terrible deluge that had come over the people of
Nuh for their rejecting of the teachings of their prophet.
At first they had to endure a total drought for three years.
When Hud tried to ask for their subjugation, they taunted him:
"Go ahead and do whatever you could, because we consider you only a fool."
When
Allah saw those people 'paid no heed to His signs, a terrible storin overtook
them for an overwhelming duration of eight days.
There was an utter darkness, and debris flew in all directions.
The whole nation of these arrogant people perished, and Hud and only a
small group of believers were saved by the Grace and benevolence of Allah.
He
is known as A'eeber or A'aber in Torah.