Tarikh (al-Tabari) 96
The story of Hud (peace be upon him)
عَادًا وَهُمْ عَادٌ الْأُولَى كَانُوا أَوَّلَ مَنْ عَبَدَ الْأَصْنَامَ بَعْدَ الطُّوفَانِ، وَكَانَ أَصْنَامُهُمْ ثَلَاثَةً، صَدٌّ، وَصُمُودٌ، وَهِرَا. وقيل يُقَالُ لِأَحَدِهَا ضُرَا، وَلِلْآخَرِ ضَمُورُ، وَلِلثَّالِثِ الْهَبَا، وَذَلِكَ بَيِّنٌ فِي قَوْلِهِ لَهُمْ: وَاذْكُرُوا إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفَاءَ مِنْ بَعْدِ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَزَادَكُمْ فِي الْخَلْقِ بَسْطَةً [ الْأَعْرَافِ: 69 ]. أَيْ ; جَعَلَهُمْ أَشَدَّ أَهْلِ زَمَانِهِمْ فِي الْخِلْقَةِ وَالشِّدَّةِ وَالْبَطْشِ. وَقَالَ فِي الْمُؤْمِنُونَ: ثُمَّ أَنْشَأْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْنًا آخَرِينَ [ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ: 31 ]. وَهُمْ قَوْمُ هُودٍ عَلَى الصَّحِيحِ. وَزَعَمَ آخَرُونَ: أَنَّهُمْ ثَمُودُ. لِقَوْلِهِ: فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ بِالْحَقِّ فَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ غُثَاءً [ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ: 41 ]. قَالُوا: وَقَوْمُ صَالِحٍ هَمُ الَّذِينَ أُهْلِكُوا بِالصَّيْحَةِ وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ [ الْحَاقَّةِ: 6 ]. وَهَذَا الَّذِي قَالُوهُ لَا يَمْنَعُ مِنِ اجْتِمَاعِ الصَّيْحَةِ وَالرِّيحِ الْعَاتِيَةِ عَلَيْهِمْ، كَمَا سَيَأْتِي فِي قِصَّةِ أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ أَصْحَابِ الْأَيْكَةِ، فَإِنَّهُ اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْوَاعٌ مِنَ الْعُقُوبَاتِ، ثُمَّ لَا خِلَافَ أَنَّ عَادًا قَبْلَ ثَمُودَ. وَالْمَقْصُودُ أَنَّ عَادًا كَانُوا عَرَبًا جُفَاةً كَافِرِينَ، عُتَاةً مُتَمَرِّدِينَ فِي عِبَادَةِ الْأَصْنَامِ.
Translation
✧ ʿĀd, and they are the first ʿĀd, were the first to worship idols after the Flood. Their idols were three: Ṣadd, Ṣamūd, and Hirā. It is also said one of them was called Ḍurā, the other Ḍamūr, and the third al-Habā. This is clear in His saying to them: “And remember when He made you successors after the people of Nūḥ and increased you in stature extensively” [al-Aʿrāf: 69], meaning He made them the strongest people of their time in build, might, and seizing. And He said in al-Muʾminūn: “Then We produced after them another generation” [al-Muʾminūn: 31], and they are the people of Hūd according to the correct view. Others claimed that they are Thamūd, because of His saying: “So the blast seized them in truth, and We made them as scum” [al-Muʾminūn: 41]. They said: The people of Ṣāliḥ are those who were destroyed by the blast, whereas ʿĀd were destroyed by a furious roaring wind [al-Ḥāqqah: 6]. What they said does not preclude the combination of the blast and the furious wind upon them, as will come in the story of the people of Madyan, the companions of al-Aykah, for types of punishments came together upon them. Then there is no disagreement that ʿĀd were before Thamūd. The point is that ʿĀd were coarse Arabs, disbelievers, insolent, and rebellious in idol worship.
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