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The Prophets, Their Lives and Their Stories: Hud: Hud PUH

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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 70–100 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 — 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 — presenting prophetic succession as an ongoing, divinely coordinated series rather than isolated missions.

The Prophets, Their Lives and Their Stories: Hud: Hud PUH

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