Story of PROPHET: HUD - HOOD (عليه السلام) Part 8

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

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PROPHET: HUD (عليه السلام)

PART: 8

THE DENSE CLOUD – THE RAIN OF DESTRUCTION

Apart from these Verses, Allah has also mentioned their destruction in other Verses in the Qur’an. For example, it said: “So We rescued him and those with him by Our Mercy and We severed the roots of those who disbelieved in Our Revelation and they were not believers.” (7:72) and at other places.

“Then, when they saw it a dense cloud coming towards their valleys, they said: ‘This is a cloud that shall give us rain.’ No this is that you were asking to be hastened! A wind wherein is a painful torment.” (46:24)

This was the beginning of their punishment. They started suffering from want of rain, drought and famine. They saw rain, and when they saw clouds coming in the sky, they thought it was rain, bringing relief to them. However, it was contrary to their thought and hope, it was a rain of destruction, punishment and death. That is why Allah said: “No this is that you were asking to be hastened!”

“Which He made it rage against them for seven nights and eight days, uninterruptedly...” (69:7) Unceasingly with no respite. It said that it started on Friday and it is suggested in another opinion that it was Wednesday.

BODIES WITH NO HEADS – STUMPS OF PALMS

“…you could see people lying overthrown as if they were stumps of fallen palm trees.” (69:7) In this Verse the people of Aad are likened with stumps of palm trees. Because the wind would come to one of them, carry them, lift them and then let them fall with their head downwards! When they dropped on the earth, their heads were smashed into pieces and their bodies left with no heads resembling stumps of palm trees. As it is said: “We sent upon them a raging wind on an ill-fated day of constant calamity. Plucking up people as if they were uprooted trunks of palm trees.” (54:19-20)

ILL-FATE DAY?

The day the punishment came upon them is described as  ill-fated. Some people henceforth regard the Wednesday as ominous and take their bad omen out of it. This is a wrong understanding of the Qur’an. Because if we take that day as ominous then what would we say about this Verse: “We sent upon them a raging wind over ill-fated, evil days.” As we know that the punishment continued for eight days. If these days are evil and ill-fated in themselves, then all these seven days should be taken as ominous and not only Wednesday. They were ill-fated for them only.

اَللّٰهُ أَعْلَم

 To be Continued…

ان شاء الله ﺗﻌﺎﻟﯽٰ

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