A’ABED (HUD)
Prophet A abed (Hud) was born to Shaleh in the fifth generation from Noah. He was appointed as the messenger from God to the people known as Aa’d. These people were a tall and sturdy race. They had abandoned the worship of God in favour of idols hewed from stone. A’ abed preached them the true path for salvation and reminded them of the benevolences that their Creator had bestowed upon them without their asking. But they refused to pay attention.
A abed warned them of the punishment God could unleash over them for their disobedience. They arrogantly rejected his warnings. They thought that no such punishment could ever come on them. They had forgotten the story of the terrible deluge that had come over the people of Noah for their rejection of the teachings of their prophet. At first they had to endure a total drought for three years. When A abed tried to ask for their subjugation, they taunted him: “Go ahead and do whatever you could, because we consider you only a fool.”
When God saw that those people paid no attention to His signs, a terrible storm 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 A abed and only a small group of believers were saved by the Grace and benevolence of God.
(Hud is known as A’eebed or A’ abed in Torah)
References: The Qur’an: Sura: A’araf, Hud, Ibrahim. Furqan, Shu’ra’, A’nkaboot. Ha-Meem Sajdah, Ahqaf, Zariyat. Najam, Qamar, Alhaqah and Fajar.
Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 