The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Hud
(hd) (KEY) , a pre-Qur’anic prophet of Islam. Hud unsuccessfully exhorted his South Arabian people, the Ad, to worship the One God. The Qur’an mentions that their incredulity was punished by a decimating “sterilizing wind” (ar-rih al-aqim). While some traditions support the etymological identification of Hud with the biblical Heber, other accounts represent him as a southern Arabian merchant. Several sites are revered as Hud’s tomb, the most notable being in Yemen. Hud is also linked to monuments in Mecca and Damascus.
d) (KEY) , a pre-Qur’anic prophet of Islam. Hud unsuccessfully exhorted his South Arabian people, the Ad, to worship the One God. The Qur’an mentions that their incredulity was punished by a decimating “sterilizing wind” (ar-rih al-aqim). While some traditions support the etymological identification of Hud with the biblical Heber, other accounts represent him as a southern Arabian merchant. Several sites are revered as Hud’s tomb, the most notable being in Yemen. Hud is also linked to monuments in Mecca and Damascus.
