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become dust and bones you will be brought forth again? What you
have been promised is sheer nonsense! What is there but our life in this
world? We die and we live and we will not be raised again. What is he
but a man who has invented a lie against Allah? We do not believe in
him.' (Surat al-Mu'minun, 33-38)
The Prophet Hud (as) Prays to Allah
for the Destruction of His People
He said, 'My Lord, help me because of their calling me a liar!' He
said, 'In a short while they will be full of regret.' (Surat al-Mu'minun,
39-40)
The Destruction of 'Ad
The Great Blast seized hold of them inexorably and We turned them
into dirty scum. Away with the people of the wrongdoers! (Surat al-
Mu'minun, 41)
So they denied him and We destroyed them. There is certainly a Sign
in that, yet most of them are not believers. (Surat ash-Shu'ara', 139)
'Ad were destroyed by a savage howling wind. (Surat al-Haqqa, 6)
which left nothing it touched without turning it to dust. (Surat adh-
Dhariyat, 42)
Allah subjected them to it for seven whole nights and eight whole
days without a break. You could see the people flattened in their homes
just like the hollow stumps of uprooted palms. Do you see any rem-
nant of them left? (Surat al-Haqqa, 7-8)
Then We raised up other generations after them. (Surat al-Mu'mi-
nun, 42)
So We rescued him and those with him by mercy from Us, and We
cut off the last remnant of those who denied Our Signs and were not
believers. (Surat al-A'raf, 72)
That was 'Ad. They denied the Signs of their Lord and disobeyed His
Messengers and followed the command of every obdurate tyrant.
They were pursued by a curse in this world and on the Day of Rising.
Yes indeed! 'Ad rejected their Lord, so away with 'Ad, the people of
Hud! (Surah Hud, 59-60)