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Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 1–4The message of the Quran is that man should not worship anyone except the one and only God.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 5–6When the call to the unity of God (tawhid) was made to certain chiefs of theChapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 7–8The present world was created by God in six days, that is, in six stages or six periods.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 9–11In the present world, man is given ease and hardship by turns.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 12–14When the Prophet Muhammad started opposing the ascribing of partners to God (shirk) and called upon the people to accept the oneness of God (tawhid), his addressees became perturbed.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 15–16There are two kinds of religion—one adulterated and the other unadulterated.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verse 17When the Prophet Muhammad called upon the people of Arabia to accept the oneness of God, only a few individuals accepted it, while many rejected it.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 18–22Here the invention of a falsehood does not refer to the Being of God, but to His word.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 23–24Being humble is the essence of Faith.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 25–27Numerous prophets of God have appeared in this world and it has been their mission to acquaint man with God’s scheme of creation—the scheme by which man has been kept in the present world for the purpose of putting him to the test.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 28–31Here ‘baiyyinah’ means argument, while ‘rahmah’ means prophethood. (Tafsir an- Nafasi).Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 32–34Noah did not indulge in disputes or debating sessions ( jidal) with his community.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verse 35Those who said that the Prophet was himself guilty of invention, and that his message had not been sent by God, did not actually disbelieve in revelation or inspiration; they even accepted the previous prophets.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 36–39The Prophet Noah said, ‘If I have invented this myself, then may I be punished for my sin!Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 40–44When the Ark was ready, stormy winds started blowing at God’s behest.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 45–47Among those who were drowned in the great flood of Noah, was Kan‘an, Noah’s son.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 48–49When all the evil people were drowned, the flood abated.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 50–52The Prophet Hud, successor of Noah, was chosen to guide the ‘Ad community, of which he himself was a member.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 53–56The Prophet Hud’s community raised the point that he had no proof or argument in favour of his being right.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 57–60Those who ignore God’s word, are ignored by God.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 61–63The Prophet Salih the successor of Ad called upon his community to worship the one and only God.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 64–68Salih repeatedly told his community that he was the Lord’s messenger and that if they did not accept what he had to say, they would be seized upon by God.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 69–73a) Literally ‘their hands did not reach towards the meal’.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 74–76Abraham’s conversation took place with those angels who had come to destroy Lot’s community.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 77–79The angels who had come to Lot were the angels of retribution.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 80–83At first, Lot considered the young men who came to him as human beings.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 84–86The Midian (Madyan) region, to which the Prophet Shu‘ayb was sent, lay between Hijaz and Syria.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verse 87Sometimes it happens that people use the word ‘salat’ (prayer) when they actually mean ‘religion.’Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 88–90There are two types of acceptance of a precept—one is routine or unconscious acceptance by imitation and the other is acceptance after finding it to be right.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 91–93In a tradition of the Prophet Muhammad, Shu‘ayb has been called the orator among the prophets (khatib al-ambiya’).Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 94–95The people of Shu‘ayb’s community considered themselves Lords of Midian, taking things which had been given to them for the purpose of putting them to the test as their inalienable right.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 96–99Moses presented his call to the Truth in the best possible manner and to the greatest possible extent.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 100–101In ancient chronicles events relating to Kings and military generals have been mentioned but events relating to prophets and their communities find no place therein.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 102–105In the present world, the opportunity to live and to settle is available to man for the sole reason that he has to be put to the test.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 106–109What has been mentioned in the Quran as being of the utmost importance, and has been the most often repeated, is that human beings will not be spared the final reckoning, but after death will be presented in God’s court.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 110–111This means that the addressees of the Book given by God to Moses had diverse opinions about its statements.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 112–115The initial response to a call for the Truth is that it is ignored.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 116–117a Here ‘generation before you’ means previous People of the Book, i.e. believing communities.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 118–119In our world, there are innumerable creatures besides human beings.Chapter 11, Hud (Hud) · verses 120–123The events in the lives of the prophets have been narrated in the Quran, so that the later dayees should learn a lesson from them.