Hud performed prayer and supplicated for them saying to them...
Hud performed prayer and supplicated for them saying to them: Go back, for rain has already fallen and your land has become green. They said: O Prophet of Allah! We have seen sometime strange. Hud said: What have you seen? They said: a one- eyed woman most of whose hair is gray. She said: Who are you and what do you want?
We said: We have come here to ask Nuh, the Prophet of Allah to supplicate to God to give us rain but she said: Had Hud’s supplication been heeded, he would have supplicated for himself, for, his own land has been drought burnt. Hud said: That was my wife and I invoke Allah to permit her to live long. They asked him why. Nuh said: Allah never created a believer without creating an enemy for him to harm him. She is my enemy.
Having an enemy over whom I have control is better than facing one who controls me. وَكانَ هُودُ زَرَّاعًا وَكَانَ يَسْقي الزَّرْعَ فَجاءَ قَومٌ إِلى بابِه يُريدُونَه فَخَرَجَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ امْرَأَتُهُ شَمْطَاءَ عَوْراءَ فَقَالَتْ: أَنْتُمْ؟ فَقَالُوا: نَحْنُ مِنْ بِلادِ كَذا وكَذا، أَجْدَبَتْ بِلادُنا فَجِئْنا إِلى هُودٍ نَسْأَلُهُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَا لِلهِ حَتّى تُمْطَرَ وَتُخْضَبَ بِلادُنَا، فَقَالَتْ: لَو اسْتُجِيبَ لِهُودٍ لَدَعا لِنَفْسِهِ فَقَدْ اخْتَرَقَ زَرْعُهُ لِقِلَّةِ الْماءِ قَالُوا: فَأَيْنَ هُوَ؟ قالَتْ هُوَ في مَوْضِعٍ كَذا وَكَذا، فَجَاءُوا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا: يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّه قَدْ أَجْدَبَتْ بِلادُنا وَلَم نُمْطَرْ فَاسْأَلِ اللَّه أَنْ تُخْضَبَ بِلادُنا وَنُمْطَرَ، فَتَهَيَّأَ لِلصَّلاةِ وَصَلّى وَدَعا لَهُمْ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: ارْجِعُوا فَقَدْ أُمْطِرْتُم فَأُخْضِبَتْ بِلادُكُمْ.
فَقَالُوا: يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّه إِنّا رَأَيْنَا عَجَبًا، قَالَ: وَمَا رَأَيْتُمْ؟ قَالُوا: رَأَيْنا في مَنْزِلِكَ امْرَأَةً شَمْطاءَ عَوْراءَ، قَالَتْ لَنَا مَنْ أَنْتُمْ؟ وَمَنْ تُريدُون؟ قُلْنا: جِئْنا إِلى نَبِيّ اللَّه هُودٍ لِيَدْعُوا اللَّه لَنا فَنُمْطَرَ، فَقَالتْ: لَوْ كَانَ هُودٌ داعِيًا لَدَعا نَفْسَهُ فَإِنَّ زَرْعَهُ قَدْ احْتَرَقَ.
فَقَالَ هُودٌ: ذاكَ امْرَأَتي وأَنَا أَدْعُو اللَّه لَها بِطُولِ الْبَقاءِ فَقَالوا: فَكَيْفَ ذلِكَ؟ قَالَ: لأَنْهُ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّه مُؤْمِنًا إِلا وَلَهُ عَدُوٌّ يُؤْذيهِ وَهِيَ عَدُوَّتي فَلَئِنْ يَكُونُ عَدُوّي مِمَّنْ أَمْلِكُهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَن يَكُونَ عَدُوّي مِمَّنْ يُمَلِّكُنِي. Patience Over Persecution When Hud turned forty, God inspired him: Go to your people and invite them to worship Me. Should they respond to you positively, I will increase their power and wealth.
When the people were gathering together, Hud came to them saying: O my people!
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