‘To Allah is your return, and He is over all things competent’ (Surah Hud 11:4)

Assalamu alaikum, fellow Muslims and non-Muslims. 

We may all know the importance of the Qur’an, the Holy Book written by Allah (swt). However, we may not necessarily follow the teachings of the Qur’an and follow the role models that were sent to the Earth to spread the word of Islam. In order to remind you of the important lessons taught by each of the significant prophets mentioned in the Qur’an, I will In Sha Allah, be starting a prophets series. This will contain lessons I learnt from each of the prophets. 

This Ramadan, we will talk about our fifth prophet, who guided the people of Ad. He is Hud (pbuh). If you would like to know the story, sources are available below. If I also make any mistakes, I apologise and Allah (swt) knows the best. 

Being powerful and wealthy can make you arrogant.

If you have been blessed to have many things in life, we should thank Allah and not be arrogant.

You are not allowed to worship other gods and Allah simultaneously.

Shirk which is associating Allah with other Gods is forbidden and won’t be forgiven. The people of Ad would do that.

You should be grateful for what Allah has given you.

Again, Allah owns all that we have and He can take it away in any second. Hud (pbuh) warned the disbelievers to be grateful and worship Allah, which they refused to do.

Generally, poor people are more religious than rich people.

Usually, rich people can be blinded by their wealth and power and eventually forget Allah. However, we must all remember that Allah made us all and no one is more powerful than Him.

Allah finds everyone equal, however strong or rich you are.

However strong you are in this world, it is nowhere as powerful as what Allah is.

Allah has the capability to destroy anyone.

Allah killed the disbelievers (through a sandstorm, drought and big storm) when they did not worship Allah and listen to Hud (pbuh).

These were some of the lessons that I captured from Hud (pbuh). The story of Hud (pbuh) is beautifully said in this Youtube video and book which I used to create this article:

Please share this article with your family and friends to get some rewards this Ramadan. In Sha Allah you will stay well.

Thank you for reading and have a lovely day!