Hūd

24 passages reference this surah

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Hud, Salih & the Destroyed Nations

Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets

1. "and eliminated those who denied Our signs, and they were not believers. And Allah the Exalted said in Surah Hud, And to the people of Wad We sent their brother Hud. He said, O My people, worship Allah. You have no deity other than Him. You are merely fabricators."

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2. "that among the prophets and messengers were four Arabs, Hud, Saleh, Shu'aib, and the prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. It is said that Hud, peace be upon him, was the first to speak Arabic. Wahb ibn Munabbi claimed that his father was the first to speak it,"

   Source in The Story of Hud & Salih →

3. "And why should I not worship the one who created me? And to him you will be returned. The people of Hud responded to him, O Hud, you have not brought us any clear evidence, and we are not leaving our gods on your word, and we are not believers in you."

   Source in The Story of Hud & Salih →

Book 33: Fear and Hope

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "Hearing. Surah al-Waqiyah and When the Sun is Folded Up and About What They Are Asking Each Other were said by scholars to perhaps highlight the removals in Surah Hud like the Almighty's phrase, Away with Ad, the people of Hud, away with Thamud, away with Madyan"

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2. "be fearful when the Prophet, peace be upon him, said, Hud and its sisters have aged me. Another hadith mentions that he and Gabriel, peace be upon them, wept out of fear of Allah, and Allah revealed to them, Why do you weep? This is recorded by Ibn Shahin in Shahr al-Sunnah"

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3. "These matters have become familiar and customary among people, and they forget that they are entirely false. Such was the case shortly after the time of prophethood. How can we assume it is in our time? Hud Haifa, may Allah be pleased with him, said,"

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Volume One: From Tangier to the Lands of the East

Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta

1. "near the city of Dhofar in Yemen, at a site called the Al-Ahqaf, a building with a grave marked as the grave of Hud ibn Abir, peace be upon him. One of the virtues of this mosque is its constant engagement with Qur'an recitation and prayer, with little interruption, as we"

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2. "Half a day's journey from this city are the akhaf, the dwellings of the people of Ad. There lies a zawiyah and a mosque on the seashore, surrounded by a fishing village. In the zawiyah, there is a grave inscribed as the grave of Hud, son of Abir, may peace be upon him."

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3. "In a tradition from the Prophet, peace be upon him, it is said, Allah will be worshipped there for 40 years after the destruction of the world. It is said the southern wall was laid by the Prophet Hud, peace be upon him, and that his grave is within. I have seen"

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Book 8: The Mysteries of Qur'an Recitation

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "six months on surah Hud, continually repeating it without exhausting reflection upon it. One knowledgeable person said, I complete a reading every Friday, another every month, another every year, and I have a reading that I have been engaged in for thirty years without"

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2. "In the two sahihs, Abdullah ibn Amr narrated, Seek the Qur'an from four, Abdullah ibn Masud, Salim the freed slave of Abi Hud Haifa, Mu'ath ibn Jabal, and Ubay ibn Ka'b. Ibn al-Anbari narrated through his chain to Umar that the distinguished among the companions"

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3. "to Al-Ma'idah, on Saturday night with Al-An'am to Hud, on Sunday night with Yusuf to Maryam, on Monday night with Taha to Al-Naml, on Tuesday night with Al-Ankabut to Sa'd, and on Wednesday night with Al-Zumar to Al-Rahman, concluding on Thursday night."

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Book 1: The Book of Knowledge

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "is no creature on earth but that upon Allah is its provision, from Surah Hud. Certainty that sustenance will come to him, and that whatever is preordained will be brought to him, leads to moderation in seeking it, without excessive greed or regret over what"

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Book 2: The Book of Belief

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "God, peace be upon him, which would make him a hypocrite. This was reported by Ahmad with a chain containing unknown elements. Another hadith from Hud Haifa states. There are more hypocrites today than during the era of the Messenger of God, peace be"

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2. "Bakr. Ahmad and Al-Tabarani reported something similar from Abu Musa, and it will be discussed later in the section on the condemnation of vanity and ostentation. Hud Haifa narrated that, a man could utter a word during the era of the messenger of"

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Book 18: The Book of Listening and Ecstasy

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din

1. "I kept repeating it until a voice called out to me. The hadith, He has been given one of the sweet voices of the family of David, was said regarding Abu Musa. Another hadith states, Hud and its sisters made me gray, recorded by Al-Tirmidhi from"

   Source in The Book of Listening and Ecstasy →

Book 22: The Book of Disciplining the Soul

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din

1. "It is narrated that someone saw the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, in a dream and asked, O Messenger of Allah, what caused you to say, Hud has made me old? He replied, The command in Allah's saying, Be steadfast as you are commanded."

   Source in The Book of Disciplining the Soul →

The Story of Nuh

Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets

1. "people of Abraham, the inhabitants of Madian, and the overturned cities? Their messengers came to them with clear proofs. So Allah was not to wrong them, but they were wronging themselves. His story is also mentioned in Yunus in Hud."

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2. "the ark, in several places within his noble book. These include Al-A'raf, Yunus, Hud, Al-Anbiya, Al-Mu'minoon, Ash-Shu'ara, Allah, An-Kabut, As-Saffat, and Surat Al-Qamar, and he revealed a complete surah about him."

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3. "when the messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, reached the valley of Usfan, he mentioned that Noah, Hud, and Abraham passed through it on red camels, performing pilgrimage to the ancient house."

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Yusha, al-Khidr & Ilyas

Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets

1. "is recognized as a prophet. The people of the book mention that Yusha is the cousin of Hud. In the Quran, Allah refers to him in the story of Al-Keter, though not by name, as seen in the words, and when Musa said to his servant,"

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Book 36: The Book of Love, Longing, Intimacy, and Contentment

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din

1. "distancing. This meaning in surah Hud is what caused the graying hair of the chief of lovers. When he heard the statement of Allah, behold a distance to Thamud, he further said, behold a distance to Midian, just as Thamud was"

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Book 9: The Mysteries of Supplication

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "wording, Resurrect. Al-Tirmidhi also narrated it from Hud Haifa and authenticated it from Al-Baraa, deeming it good. The hadith, O Allah, I have submitted myself to You and entrusted my affair to You, is"

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2. "but its chain is weak. The hadith about waking from sleep, Praise be to Allah who has given us life after He caused us to die, and to Him is the resurrection, was recorded by al-Bukhari from Hud Haifa"

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