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You are only forgers (of calumnies)’.” Hud (as) succeeded Noah (as) as a prophet. The story of this prophet of Allah is recorded in verses 65 to 72 of the Surah Al-A‘raf. At first, the Qur’an recounts: “And unto (the people of) ‘Ad (We sent) their brother Hud;...” There is a point worth further clarification here. It provides us with the connotation, ‘brother,’ in the case of Hud, which reflects the fact that Arabs refer to all the individuals of a tribe as ‘brothers’.

Another connotation signifies that the behavior of Hud had been very much like that of a brother in keeping with the other prophets’ relationships with their fellow tribesmen. They did not behave as ‘emirs’, as commanders or as fathers with respect to their children, but they related just like brothers irrespective of every privilege and superiority. Hud’s first call was like that of all the other prophets, it was the call to monotheism and the negation of idol worship in all its respects.

Hud called inviting them to worship Allah since there is no other worth worshipping except Him. The verse says: “…he said: ‘O my people! Worship Allah! You have no god other than He...” He told them that in worshipping the idols and believing in them, they were wrong. They only attributed falsity to Allah and claimed that those idols were His partners.

My reward is only upon Him Who created me. Have you then no sense?” Hud (as) declared to his people that he did not expect any compensation for his call from them.