The story of prophet HOD.PART(1)

In the Name of Allah

THE STORY OF PROPHET HUD

When you carefully consider the Arab Peninsula, you will find a wide desert area in the east. It is the area of al-Rub، al-Khāli. This area is void of all marks of life; there are neither plants nor water.

Was this area a desert thousands of years ago?

The answer is no. There were green fertile areas in this desert land. The archeologists have found the ruins of a city buried under the sand.

The strong tribes of ،Ād lived in this area in the prehistoric ages. They belonged to the ancient Arabs. History has mentioned nothing about them. Only the Holy Koran has mentioned them.

The tribes of ،Ād lived in that green grassy area. It rained during the different seasons. So the earth became fertile. Brooklets and small streams were full of water and fields were pretty.

Their land was full of date-palms, grapevines and fields. Moreover, their gardens were spacious.

The people of that time took special care of building houses. They were specialists in building palaces, castles and forts.

They were strong and self-conceited. The blessings made them ungrateful. They did not listen to the voice of reason.

They were pagans, who worshipped idols. They made the idols with their own hands and then they worshipped them.

They built their temples on hills and put idols in them. They said: “This is the god of fertility, this is the god of sea, this is the god of land and that is the god of war.”

For this reason, they turned to those idols when they faced a certain misfortune.

The land of al-Ahqāf was green. It was full of pastures. Their cattle were many. So they led a life of luxury and haughtiness.

They thought that their gods had brought about all those blessings. So they clung strongly to their gods.