Surah 7. Al-A'raf, Ayah 65
| ۞ وَإِلَىٰ عَادٍ أَخَاهُمْ هُودًا ۗ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُ ۚ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ |
| Asad | : | AND UNTO [the tribe of] 'Ad [We sent] their brother Hud.48 He said: "O my people! Worship God alone: you have no deity other than Him. Will you not, then, be conscious of Him?" |
| Malik | : | For the people of 'Ad We selected their brother Hud, who said: "O my people! Worship Allah! You have no god but Him. Will you not fear Him?" |
| Pickthall | : | And unto (the tribe of) Aad (We sent) their brother, Hud. He said : O my people! Serve Allah. Ye have no other God save Him. Will ye not ward off (evil)? |
| Yusuf Ali | : | To the Ad people (We sent) Hud one of their (own) brethren: He said: "O my people! worship Allah! ye have no other god but Him. Will yet not fear (Allah)?" 1040 |
| Transliteration | : | Waila AAadin akhahum hoodan qala ya qawmi oAAbudoo Allaha ma lakum min ilahin ghayruhu afala tattaqoona |
Note - 48Hud is said to have been the first Arabian prophet. He
may be identical with the Biblical 'Eber, the ancestor of
the Hebrews ('Ibrim) who - like most of the Semitic
tribes - had probably originated in South Arabia.
(References to 'Eber are found in Genesis x, 24-25 and
xi, 14ff.) The ancient Arabian name Hud is still
reflected in that of Jacob's son Judah (Yahudah in
Hebrew) which provided the subsequent designation of the
Jews. The name 'Eber - both in Hebrew and in its Arabic
form 'Abir - signifies "one who crosses over" (i.e., from
one territory to another), and may be a Biblical echo of
the fact that this tribe "crossed over" from Arabia to
Mesopotamia in pre-Abrahamic times. - The tribe of 'Ad,
to which Hud belonged ("their brother Hud"), inhabited
the vast desert region known as Al-Ahqaf, between 'Uman
and Hadramawt, and was noted for its great power and
influence (see 89:8 - "the like of whom has never been
reared in all the land"). It disappeared from history
many centuries before the advent of Islam, but its memory
always remained alive in Arabian tradition.
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Note - 1040The 'Ad people, with their prophet Had, are mentioned in
many places. See especially xxvi. 123-140, and xivi.
21-26. Their story belongs to Arabian tradition. Their
eponymous ancestor 'Ad was fourth in generation from
Noah, having been a son of 'Aus, the son of Aram, the son
of Sam, the son of Noah. They occupied a large tract of
country in Southern Arabia, extending from Umman at the
mouth of the Arabian Gulf to Hadhramaut and Yemen at the
southern end of the Red Sea. The people were tall in
stature and were great builders. Probably the long,
winding tracts of sands (ahqaf) in their dominions (xivi.
21) were irrigated with canals. They forsook the true
God, and oppressed their people. A three years famine
visited them, but yet they took no warning. At length a
terrible blast of wind destroyed them and their land, but
a remnant, known as the second 'Ad or the Thamud (see
below) were saved, and afterwards suffered a similar fate
for their sins. The tomb of the Prophet Hud (qabr Nabi
Hud) is still traditionally shown in Hadhramaut, latitude
16 N, and longitude 49 1/2 E', about 90 miles north of
Mukalla. There are ruins and inscriptions in the
neighbourhood. See "Hadhramaut, Some of its Mysteries
Unveiled," by D. van der Meulen and H. von Wissmann,
Leyden, 1932.
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Hud is said to have been the first Arabian prophet. He may be identical with the Biblical 'Eber, the ancestor of the Hebrews ('Ibrim) who - like most of the Semitic tribes - had probably originated in South Arabia. (References to 'Eber are found in Genesis x, 24-25 and xi, 14ff.) The ancient Arabian name Hud is still reflected in that of Jacob's son Judah (Yahudah in Hebrew) which provided the subsequent designation of the Jews. The name 'Eber - both in Hebrew and in its Arabic form 'Abir - signifies "one who crosses over" (i.e., from one territory to another), and may be a Biblical echo of the fact that this tribe "crossed over" from Arabia to Mesopotamia in pre-Abrahamic times. - The tribe of 'Ad, to which Hud belonged ("their brother Hud"), inhabited the vast desert region known as Al-Ahqaf, between 'Uman and Hadramawt, and was noted for its great power and influence (see 89:8 - "the like of whom has never been reared in all the land"). It disappeared from history many centuries before the advent of Islam, but its memory always remained alive in Arabian tradition. |
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The 'Ad people, with their prophet Had, are mentioned in many places. See especially xxvi. 123-140, and xivi. 21-26. Their story belongs to Arabian tradition. Their eponymous ancestor 'Ad was fourth in generation from Noah, having been a son of 'Aus, the son of Aram, the son of Sam, the son of Noah. They occupied a large tract of country in Southern Arabia, extending from Umman at the mouth of the Arabian Gulf to Hadhramaut and Yemen at the southern end of the Red Sea. The people were tall in stature and were great builders. Probably the long, winding tracts of sands (ahqaf) in their dominions (xivi. 21) were irrigated with canals. They forsook the true God, and oppressed their people. A three years famine visited them, but yet they took no warning. At length a terrible blast of wind destroyed them and their land, but a remnant, known as the second 'Ad or the Thamud (see below) were saved, and afterwards suffered a similar fate for their sins. The tomb of the Prophet Hud (qabr Nabi Hud) is still traditionally shown in Hadhramaut, latitude 16 N, and longitude 49 1/2 E', about 90 miles north of Mukalla. There are ruins and inscriptions in the neighbourhood. See "Hadhramaut, Some of its Mysteries Unveiled," by D. van der Meulen and H. von Wissmann, Leyden, 1932. |
