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“And as for Aad, they were destroyed by a roaring violent blast.
He made it rage against them for seven nights and eight days,
uprooting, so you might see the people bowing like the trunks of
hollow palm tress. Do you then see any of them surviving?”
- Surah-e-Haqqah, chapter 69, verses 6 to 8
What lesson can we learn from this story? Let’s turn back to Surah-e-Fateha. In it, we
recite, “Iyyaka na’budu, we Iyyaka nas-ta’een,” which means, “Only You (Allah) do we worship,
and only You do we ask for help.” We have to remember this, at all times. Let us not forget
that it is Allah alone who is worth worshipping and it is Him who is Kind and Beneficial yet He
can also cause misfortune to fall upon us.
As for Prophet Hud (a) . . . well at the first sign of the storm, Prophet Hud (a) had
gathered his followers and family and taken them to a safe place. They were the only
survivors of the terrible punishment from Allah. When the storm was over, Prophet Hud (a)
took his companions to a place called Hazramaut, where they spent the rest of their days.
Sources: 1) Tareekh Notes from London and Vancouver.
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