The people of Aad lived in an area between Yemen and
Oman. Iram “refers to the House of the kingdom of Aad”. The city was discovered
to be 4,300 years old. They were successors to the People of Noah.
In
the Old Testament reference is made to a descendant of Noah named Eber. In some traditions, he is called Heber, and
known as the father of the Hebrew language
The people of Aad
were known to build lofty towers, and thus the area became known as the land of
a thousand pillars. It was a
civilization unlike any other. God
blessed Aad and its people.
Allah provided them
with fertile land and abundant agriculture, many children, an ample supply of
livestock and easy access to water resources.
The people themselves were described as tall, strong, and well built.
In many ways, Aad could be described as a society much like
many of the opulent societies that exist today.
There was an excess of wealth and the proud, arrogant people were not
satisfied with fulfilling their basic needs.
They began to build
towers and dwellings merely to display their wealth and they accumulated
worldly possessions as if they were a people destined to live forever.
The rulers and
leaders of Aad were powerful tyrants, their wealth did not make them soft, as
sometimes happens, but rather they grew strong and dominated the lands around
them. Satan was among them and made
their deeds seem fair seeming to them.
Their arrogance and pride grew and the worship of idols became
prevalent.
The story of Aad is one for our guidance.
Aad were the
strongest people of their time in their physical stature, and were the
mightiest in power. But they were rebellious, arrogant, and disobedient
tyrants. They worshiped false gods besides Allah. They abused the blessings and
power they had, and they spread corruption on earth.
As for Aad, they were
arrogant in the land without right, and they said: “Who is mightier than us in
strength?” See they not that Allah who created them was mightier in strength
than them. And they used to deny our verses! (Qur’an, 41:15)
Prophet Hud
As with every disbelieving nation in the past, Allah first
sent a prophet to the people to remind them and call them back towards
righteousness.
Allah sent the Prophet “HUD” to give the Aad the message of
Islam. “HUD’ was from among the Aad himself, as Allah mentions in the Quran:
Aad denied the
Messengers when their brother Hud said to them: “Will you not fear Allah?”—(Chapter
26, Verses 124 – 125)
Hud tried to reason
with his people by reminding them of the many favors Allah had given them.
But despite all of
this advice, the Aad rejected their brother Hud. In fact they were pretty
snarky in their responses.
Indeed, we see in you
foolishness and indeed, we think you are of the liars.-(Chapter 7, Verse 66)
Have you come to us
that we should worship Allah and leave what our fathers worshiped? Then bring
us what you promise us if you are among the truthful.-(Chapter 7, Verse 70)
It is all the same to
us if you advise us are not from among the advisors. This is not but from the
customs of the former peoples and we will not be punished.(Chapter 26, Verses
136-136)
Of
course, when they challenged Allah and His Messenger like this, they were just
inviting destruction. But before we get to that, let’s analyze their responses.
To say this place was once luscious green, with lakes and
ponds and springs, chirping birds, grazing deer, sleeping water buffaloes, and
of course devouring humans would be an unaccepted blasphemy, a madman’s dream,
and a creative myth. Yet it’s all true – facts are stranger than fiction.
How People of Aad Were Destroyed?
Qaum-e-Aad Par Allah ka Azaab (Punishment on
People of Aad By Allah)
“Prophet
“Hud” turned to God and renounced his people.
He knew that God’s punishment would be swift and severe. A drought spread throughout the once fertile
and abundant land. The people looked to the sky hoping to see signs of
rain. The punishment was obvious but
still the people of Aad mocked and ridiculed Hud.
One fateful day the weather changed. The burning heat changed to biting cold and
the wind began to howl. The savage wind
increased with each new day and the people began to seek shelter. The windstorm raged for more than a
week. It ripped apart tents and
dwellings, it whipped away clothing and tore the skin from the body.
They were destroyed by a screaming violent windstorm
which Allah imposed on them for seven days and eight nights straight
Allah had given them
an ample period of time to know him however even the stopping of rain didn’t
make them perceive Allah. Prophet "HUD” (A.S) warned them that this rain
was not a cloud of rain however a cloud that incorporates wind, and on this
wind, there’s Azaab (punishment).
Then when Allah
informed him, Prophet Hud (A.S) moved out of the city together with his
believers, as Allah’s Orders. This wind began changing into quicker; it turned
so quickly that it began carrying individuals with it, and likewise no matter
that got here in its approach.
These
had been the identical individuals who used to say that nobody could possibly
be stronger than them. They had been flying within the air banging to one
another, shouts of males, girls, and youngsters could possibly be heard, and
however, who might have saved them? This wind continued for 7 days and eight nights.
Who might cease this rain? Every part was destroyed and nobody alive.
They didn’t even have
anybody to mourn their loss of life. All of them remained immobile and vultures
used to come back and eat them.
And as for Aad,–they
were destroyed by a furious violent wind! Which Allah imposed on them for seven
nights and eight days in succession, so that you could see men lying overthrown
(destroyed), as if they were hollow trunks of date palms! Do you see any
remnants of them? (Qur’an, 69:6-8)
For seven nights and eight days continuously they were
battered with a cold, violent wind. Was it a massive cyclone or a turbulent
wind carrying tons of sand? We don’t know. Its magnitude and nature may not be
known to us, but we know it was severe and it rooted out these people.
That was the end of the Aad people. However, God saved Hud
(AS) and his followers, and cut off the roots of those who rejected the Signs
of their Lord and did not believe. Hud (AS) lived with his people, and
eventually died. He was buried in Hadhramaut, Yemen.
Now
that land of people of Aad is sand dunes, the glittering night sky, remembers
how it was, once a trading center, with gardens and gushing springs, inhabited
by a powerful and rich civilization, but who made life hell on earth and
rebelled against God.
And that was the end of people of Aad.
Let’s remember how an
entire city lies buried beneath the sand we’re camping upon. Allah save us all
from his Azaab. Allah sends
his Rehmat on all prophets. (AMEEN) All
praises are for ALLAH
The End
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