I am the master of my foe.

I am the master of my foe. It is better that my enemy is not my master.” Thus Hud remained among the people and continued to invite them towards Allah and restrained them from idol-worship. He used to exhort them to give up idolatry, and worship the One and only Allah; so that Allah may bestow them with rain and increase the population of their cities. Yet the people refused to believe. Consequently the Almighty sent a chilly and biting wind. It continued do blow for seven days.

It is related through authentic chains of narrators that Imam al-Baqir said, “Indeed the realm of the Almighty has the breeze of mercy and…