{"collection":"Texts of Islam","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_pro_hud00_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_pro_hud00_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_isl_pro_hud00_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/pro/hud00.htm","summary":"This is a religious narrative text from an Islamic sacred texts collection, functioning as a traditional prophetic biography (*qisas al-anbiya'* genre) focused on the Prophet Hud. The text establishes Hud's genealogical lineage back to Shem son of Noah through two competing chains of descent, drawing on classical Islamic scholarly sources including *Safeenat Al-Bihar* and *Qisas Al-Anbiya'*. The core content recounts Hud's mission to the tribe of 'Ad: a physically enormous people (reportedly 70\u2013100 cubits tall) who worshipped idols, rejected Hud's monotheistic call, and were ultimately destroyed by a catastrophic wind while Hud was saved. A distinctive feature is the text's use of narrations attributed to Shia Imams (Al-Sadiq, Al-Baqir, Al-Sajjad), which frames the story within a Shia theological framework \u2014 notably the argument that calling a prophet \"brother\" of his people denotes tribal kinship, not religious brotherhood, and the portrayal of Hud as a viceroy foretold by Noah. The text also situates Hud within a chain of prophecy, noting that Noah predicted Hud's coming and that Hud in turn foretold the Prophet Salih \u2014 presenting prophetic succession as an ongoing, divinely coordinated series rather than isolated missions.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"The Prophets, Their Lives and Their Stories: Hud: Hud PUH","tradition":"Texts of Islam","translated_text":null,"word_count":874}