NAME: هود, Hud.
Name taken from Verse 50-60 where there is a mention of the story of “Prophet Hud”.
٥٠ وَإِلَىٰ عَادٍ أَخَاهُمْ هُودًا ۚ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُ ۖ إِنْ أَنْتُمْ إِلَّا مُفْتَرُونَ
50 And to ‘Aad [We sent] their brother Hud. He said, “O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. You are not but inventors [of falsehood].
But It does not mean that this name is the actual topic discussed in the whole Surah. It is just a reference and mark/symbol to distinguish this Surah from others as is with most other Surahs of Quran. While there are diversified topics discussed in these Surahs.
ENGLISH NAME: Hud.
CHAPTER NUMBER: 11
SURAH HUD TOTAL VERSES: 123
SURAH HUD TOTAL WORDS: 1,946
TOTAL UNIQUE WORDS WITHOUT REPETITION: 939
TOTAL LETTERS: 7,817
REVELATION PERIOD:
Meccan, Approx. 615 – 619 AD.
MAIN CHARACTERS:
God, Disbelievers, Prophet Muhammad, Nuh/Noah, Aad and Hud, Thamud and Salih, She Camel, Ibrahim/Abraham, Angels, Abraham’s wife, Prophet Lut and his people, Prophet Shoaib, Moses and Pharaoh.
SURAH HUD MAIN TOPICS:
Provision Of All Creatures, Creation, Challenge Of 10 Ten Surah To Make Like Of It, Two types of people the blind and deaf, and the seeing and hearing, Detailed Nuh Story, Story of Aad and Hud, Thamud and Salih, Angels came To Ibrahim for tidings of Issac and for Punishment to People of Lut, God would not have destroyed the cities unjustly while their people were reformers.
SURAH HUD KEY VERSES:
٦ وَمَا مِنْ دَابَّةٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا عَلَى اللَّهِ رِزْقُهَا وَيَعْلَمُ مُسْتَقَرَّهَا وَمُسْتَوْدَعَهَا ۚ كُلٌّ فِي كِتَابٍ مُبِينٍ
6 And there is no creature on earth but that upon Allah is its provision, and He knows its place of dwelling and place of storage. All is in a clear register.
٧ وَهُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ وَكَانَ عَرْشُهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا ۗ وَلَئِنْ قُلْتَ إِنَّكُمْ مَبْعُوثُونَ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْمَوْتِ لَيَقُولَنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُبِينٌ
7 And it is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days – and His Throne had been upon water – that He might test you as to which of you is best in deed. But if you say, “Indeed, you are resurrected after death,” those who disbelieve will surely say, “This is not but obvious magic.”
١٣ أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَاهُ ۖ قُلْ فَأْتُوا بِعَشْرِ سُوَرٍ مِثْلِهِ مُفْتَرَيَاتٍ وَادْعُوا مَنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
13 Or do they say, “He invented it”? Say, “Then bring ten surahs like it that have been invented and call upon [for assistance] whomever you can besides Allah, if you should be truthful.”
١٥ مَنْ كَانَ يُرِيدُ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا نُوَفِّ إِلَيْهِمْ أَعْمَالَهُمْ فِيهَا وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يُبْخَسُونَ
15 Whoever desires the life of this world and its adornments – We fully repay them for their deeds therein, and they therein will not be deprived.
٥٦ إِنِّي تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ رَبِّي وَرَبِّكُمْ ۚ مَا مِنْ دَابَّةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهَا ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّي عَلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ
56 Indeed, I have relied upon Allah, my Lord and your Lord. There is no creature but that He holds its forelock. Indeed, my Lord is on a path [that is] straight.”
١٠٨ وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ سُعِدُوا فَفِي الْجَنَّةِ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ رَبُّكَ ۖ عَطَاءً غَيْرَ مَجْذُوذٍ
108 And as for those who were [destined to be] prosperous, they will be in Paradise, abiding therein as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except what your Lord should will – a bestowal uninterrupted.
SUMMARY OF TOPICS
1-5(Quran Is a Book Whose Verses Are Perfected and Then Presented in Detail, the Disbelievers Turn Away Their Breasts To Hide Themselves From God. But God Knows What They Conceal and What They Declare) 6(God Provides Rizq/Provision of all Creatures. He Knows Its Place Of Dwelling And Place Of Storage), 7 (Creation in 6 Six Days, That Time God’s Throne Had Been Upon Water, Reason of Creation Is That He Might Test You), 9-11(Man Is Ever Ungrateful), 12(Muhammad, May Be You Get Dishearten and You Forsake What Revealed on You), 13(Challenge Of 10 Ten Surah, To Make Like Of It), 15-16(Whoever Desires the Life of This World God Will Fully Repay Them but no Share in Hereafter), 17-24(Two Types of People the Blind and Deaf, and the Seeing and Hearing. Are They Equal in Comparison?), 25-48(Detailed Nuh Story, his People Said “We Do Not See You Followed Except by Those Who Are the Lowest of Us” Verse27, Order of Boat Building Verse37, Oven “Tanur” Overflowed Verse40 “Until When our Command Came and the Oven Overflowed”, Nuh Son Drowned Verse43, Mount Al Judi Verse 44 “”O Earth, Swallow Your Water, and O Sky, Withhold and the Water Subsided, and the