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Surah Hud سُورَة هُود

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The 11th surah of the Quran, named after the prophet Hūd; a Meccan surah of 123 verses centred on the prophets sent to past peoples and their fates.

Overview

Sūrah Hūd (Arabic: سُورَة هُود) is the 11th surah of the Quran, a Meccan surah of 123 verses. It is named for the prophet Hūd, sent to the people of ʿĀd. The surah is dominated by the narratives of past prophets and their peoples — Nuh, Hūd, Ṣāliḥ, Ibrahim, Lūṭ, Shuʿayb, and Musa — each preaching Tawhid and being rejected, with their peoples consequently destroyed.

Content highlights

  • Verses 25–49 — Nuh and the flood (one of the most extended Quranic accounts).
  • Verses 50–60 — Hūd and the people of ʿĀd.
  • Verses 61–68 — Ṣāliḥ and the people of Thamūd, the she-camel sign.
  • Verses 69–83 — Ibrahim and the angelic visitors; Lūṭ and the destruction of his people.
  • Verses 84–95 — Shuʿayb and the people of Madyan.
  • Verses 96–123 — Musa briefly; closing exhortations.

Significance

The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: "Sūrah Hūd has aged me, and her sisters al-Wāqiʿah, al-Mursalāt, ʿAmma yatasāʾalūn (i.e., An-Nabaʾ), and Idhā al-shamsu kuwwirat (At-Takwir)" (Jami at-Tirmidhi 3297, graded Hasan by al-Albani) — referring to the gravity of the warnings these surahs convey.

See also

References

  1. The Quran: Surah Hud 11.
  2. Jami at-Tirmidhi 3297, graded Hasan by al-Albani.
  3. Ibn Kathir, Tafsīr, on Surah Hud.