Another disaster that punished mankind 2.Tribe of Ad:- People of Ad were also indulged in polytheism and rejected their messenger Hod alieshi salam .They used to claim that they were the super power and said : Who is mightier than us in strength? See they not that Allâh, Who created them was mightier in strength than them. And they used to deny Our Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, revelations, etc.)! (Fussilat 41:15) They were punished by Allah swt by wind storm .A brief account of there punishment has been narrated below: Ad (people) belied (their Prophet, Hûd), then how (terrible) was My Torment and My Warnings? Verily, We sent against them a furious wind of harsh voice on a day of evil omen and continuous calamity. Plucking out men as if they were uprooted stems of date-palms. Then, how (terrible) was My Torment and My Warnings? (Al-Qamar 54:18-21) A different account of the same incident is as follows: And remember (Hûd) the brother of Ad, when he warned his people in Al-Ahqâf (the curved sand-hills in the southern part of Arabian Peninsula). And surely, there have passed away warners before him and after him (saying): Worship none but Allâh; truly, I fear for you the torment of a mighty Day. They said: Have you come to turn us away from our âliha (gods)? Then bring us that with which you threaten us, if you are one of the truthful! He said: The knowledge (of the time of its coming) is with Allâh only, and I convey to you that wherewith I have been sent, but I see that you are a people given to ignorance! Then, when they saw it as a dense cloud coming towards their valleys, they said: This is a cloud bringing us rain! Nay, but it is that (torment) which you were asking to be hastened! a wind wherein is a painful torment! Destroying everything by the Command of its Lord! So they became such that nothing could be seen except their dwellings! Thus do We recompense the people who are Mujrimûn (polytheists, disbelievers, sinners, etc.)! (Al-Ahqaf 46:20-25)
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