The document summarizes the key themes and lessons from Surah Hud in the Quran. It discusses the stories of the prophets Noah, Hud, Saleh, Shu'aib, Lot, and Moses and how their people rejected their message and were destroyed as a result. It emphasizes spreading the message of tauheed (worship of Allah alone), repentance through istighfar, avoiding arrogance and ingratitude, learning from past nations, and establishing justice. The document provides reflection questions for readers to evaluate themselves on qualities like obedience, conveying Allah's message sincerely, being soft-hearted, turning to Allah in all affairs, respecting others, fulfilling rights, and having patience.

2. When a few strands of hair in the blessed beard
of the Holy Prophet (SAW)had turned visibly
grey, Sayidna Abu Bakr (RA) expressed his
concern by saying: Ya Rasolallah, you have
become old.' He said: ` Yes, Surah Hud has
made me old.'(Reported by Hakim and Tirmidhi)

3. Principle for
destruction of Nations,
Instructions for Tauhid
Ibadah and Istaghfar
The demand to worship
Allah alone and
Repentance from Shirk.
Ayah 1-24
The invitation of
Prophet Nuh and the
destruction of his
nation.
Ayah 25-49
The invitation of
Prophet Hud and
the destruction of
his nation (Aad).
Ayah 50-60
The invitation of Prophet
Saleh and the destruction
of his nation (Thamud).
Ayah 61-68Ayah 69-83
The invitation of
Prophet Shuaib
and the destruction
of his nation.
Ayah 84-95
:11‫سورۃ‬‫هود‬
The invitation of Prophet
Lut and the destruction
of his nation.
The invitation of
Prophet Musa and
the destruction of the
people of pharaoh.
Ayah 96-99
The demand to worship
Allah alone, Istaghfar
and steadfastness
Ayah 100-123

5. • Quranic Ayahs are firm ---- elaborated and full of
wisdom --- no contradiction or defect
• The solution for corruption in the world is to invite them
towards Tauheed.
• Benefits of Istighfar ----- Forgiveness from Allah(SWT)
and good provisions of life.
Ruku No 1:

6. • Contentment on what you have and no grief on what
you don’t have = peacefulness = One’s attention
moved towards the creator rather than His creations.
• Sustenance is from Allah(SWT) , Al Razzaq ------ Rizq
for all ---- Tawakul Ilallah
• Purpose of creation of Adam( AS) and this world ----
This world is just moral trial of man and his consequent
accountability to the creator.

7. • Ungratefulness and narrow mindedness of human being -
--- Fickle minded and haste prone
• Thankfulness for the blessings from Allah opens the way
of good deeds.
• Patience = stability of temperament -- Avoid pessimism
during hardships and arrogance during prosperity.
• Meaning of salutation --- There is no deity but God ---
Surrender /submit to Him completely
Temperaments
Ruku No 2:

8. • Those who intend to achieve worldly life and its beauty,
they might get it but no share in Hereafter.
• Intention --- Sincerity --- Hadith regarding Insincere
scholar, martyr and munificent
• One who obey wrongfully suffer more ---- Punishment +
hardships of obedience
• Comparison of blind unbeliever and seeing believer.

9. • Style of Nuh (AS) Tableegh --- Selection of words
• People of Nuh worship idols of their deceased ancestors
-- Wadd, Suwa, Yaghuth, Yauq & Nasr
• Poor & weak are always first among the society to accept
the teachings of a Prophet.
• Prophet never ask for any compensation for His duties
as messenger.
• A Daee talks with rationale & do not lose patience even
in reply of improper and immoral behavior.
Ruku No 3:

10. • Boat making ----- The education of a Prophet.
• Ridiculing the boat making process of Nuh(AS) ----
response of disbelievers
• Supplication when boarding on boats --- Ayah 41
• Drowning of Nuh’s son ---- One can admonish their kids but
if they do not accept the guidance even Prophets cannot
save His own disbelieving son.
ٌ‫ي‬ِ‫ح‬َ‫ر‬ ٌ‫ور‬ُ‫ف‬َ‫غ‬َ‫ل‬ ِِ‫ّب‬َ‫ر‬ ‫ه‬‫ن‬
ِ
‫ا‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ه‬‫ا‬ َ‫س‬ْ‫ر‬ُ‫م‬َ‫و‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ه‬‫ا‬َ‫ر‬ْ‫ج‬َ‫م‬ ِ ‫ه‬‫اَّلل‬ ِ‫م‬ ْ‫ِس‬‫ب‬
Ruku No 4:

11. • Supplication Ayah 47 ---- Taking refuge with Allah
against that we ask Him something which we have
no knowledge.
• Purpose of Prophetic stories in Quran --- Warnings,
consolation and glad tidings.
ْ‫ن‬َ‫أ‬ َ‫ِك‬‫ب‬ ُ‫ذ‬‫و‬ُ‫ع‬َ‫أ‬ ِِ‫ّن‬
ِ
‫ا‬ ِِ‫ب‬َ‫ر‬ْ‫ي‬َ‫ل‬ ‫ا‬َ‫م‬ َ َ‫َل‬َ‫أ‬ ْ‫س‬َ‫أ‬ِ‫ه‬ِ‫ب‬ ِ‫ِل‬ َ‫س‬
َ‫و‬ ِ‫ِل‬ ْ‫ر‬ِ‫ف‬ْ‫غ‬َ‫ت‬ ‫ه‬‫َّل‬
ِ
‫ا‬َ‫و‬ ٌْ‫ْل‬ِ‫ع‬ِ‫م‬ َُُْْ‫أ‬ ِِْ ََْ‫ر‬َ‫َت‬َْ‫ي‬ِ ِ‫اِس‬َ‫خ‬ْ‫ل‬‫ا‬ َْ

12. • People of Aad --- Hud(AS) --- Teaching and method of
teaching of all Prophets were always same.
• No payment for Dawah work.
• Moral values determine the rise and fall of nations in this
world also.
• Repentance and Istaghfar brings blessings and provisions
Here and Hereafter.
Ruku No 5:

13. • Casting fear of madness and abuse of idols ---- Trust
Allah(SWT)
• Allah protect those who are on right way ---- He is with
truth and justice.
• The crimes of people of Aad --- rejected the signs of their
Lord, disobeyed His Messengers, and followed the
bidding of every tyrannical enemy of the truth.

14. Action Items Ruku 1-5
 Tawheed in Worship --- Continuous Istaghfar
 Blind and un blind are not equal - avoid despair,
ungratefulness and arrogance
 History of DAWAH and rejection; Noah --- responding
properly to people's objections during DAWAH.
 Punishment to the People of Noah --- ask Allah
something which we have no knowledge.
 History of DAWAH and rejection; punishment for the
people of Aad --- Tawakul Ilallah

15. • People of Thamud ---- Salih(AS)
• Allah listens to the prayers and supplication of sinful
people and forgive them.
• People of Thamud had high expectation from Salih(AS)
due to his intelligence, wisdom, foresight, serious
behavior and dignified personality to become a great and
prosperous man in society.
• When he admonish them for Deen , they got irritated.
• Miracle of camel, Killing it and finally Allah’s torment.
• ‫ًا‬‫د‬ۡ‫ع‬ُ‫ب‬ ------ Destroyed, cursed, thrown away, disgraced
---- Allah’s wrath
Ruku No 6:

16. • Hospitality of Ibrahim(AS)
• Pleading of Ibrahim(AS) for the people of Lut.
• The Moral decay of people of Lut ---- No interest in what
is lawful; only like what is forbidden, unclean, filthy and
against nature ; proud of their doings; lowest depth of
depravity.
Ruku No 7:

17. • The dialogues between Lut(AS) and his people.
• Current situation -- Act of people of Lut -- decrease of
loathful feeling /sensitivity among youth.
• What should we do? Can we adopt don’t tell don’t talk
policy?
• Glad tidings of Ishaq(AS) to Ibrahim(AS)

18. • Shuaib(AS) and people of Madyan --- Shirk and
lessening the measure and weight.
• Taqwa(fear of God) save a human being from indulging
into moral and social evils.
• Effects of performing Salah correctly --- Taqwa and
fairness in dealings
• Is Salah a private matter between a man and God ? ---
Sarcasm from people of Madyan.
• What modern ignorance say about this?
Ruku No 8:

19. • Prophets act upon His own preaching's ---- Tawakul Ilallah
and total submission
• Its very hard for a person who has unlawful earning to
start earning what’s lawful.
• The soft and rationale speech of Shuaib(AS) ---- Personal
attacks on Him, insulting him ,
• stubbornness --- Shauib(AS) never losses his coolness.
• ۡ‫ت‬َ‫د‬ِ‫ع‬َ‫ب‬ ---- Punishment, disgrace, curse, thrown away.

20. • Invitation of Musa(AS) to Pharaoh and his people and
their rejection.
• Punishments in Hereafter will be similar to the deeds
here -- Leader here will be leader Hereafter
• Pharaoh will lead his followers to Hell and a pious leader
will lead his followers to heaven.
Ruku No 9:

21. • The people who have fear of Allah in their heart learn lessons
from the stories of down and fall of nations , fear of
accountability in Hereafter and law of retribution in History
prevents them from disobedience.
• Crying and howling, sigh and groan in Hell will be useless.
• Polytheist beliefs --- blind pursuance --- forefathers/ culture --
against logic, wisdom & rationale

22. • Ayah 112 --- An ayah which made Prophet(SAW) old.
• ۡ‫م‬ِ‫ق‬َ‫ت‬ۡ‫اس‬َ‫ف‬ ----- Steadfastness
• ‫ا‬ ۡ‫َو‬‫غ‬ۡ‫ط‬َ‫ت‬ َ‫َل‬ َ‫و‬ ----- Follow the boundries set by Allah(SWT)
and do not exceed them.
• ‫ا‬ ۡۤۡ‫و‬ُ‫ن‬َ‫ك‬ ۡ‫ر‬َ‫ت‬ َ‫َل‬ َ‫و‬ ---- No tilt and inclination towards the
unbelievers.
• Erasing bad deeds through good deeds ----- Remedy for
eradicating evils of this world ---Sin will be forgiven,
getting rid of bad habits and cleansing of society.
Ruku No 10:

23. • Salah --- Remembrance of Allah ---- It produce good
characteristics to fight against systematic and united front
of evil --- enable you to establish practically the system of
virtue and reform.
• Patience ----- A key to make you stand firm.
• Consequences of not fulfilling the obligations of
“Enjoining what is Good and forbidding what is evil” ----
Allah’s punishment and chastisement.

24. • Three purposes/advantages of narrating prophetic
stories repeatedly
1. Daee has to face conditions of opposition, he has to be
patient & firm in his conations. Strengthen their hearts.
2. True knowledge of Prophetic stories.
3. Admonition through stories of obedient and disobedient
---- exhortation and reminder

25. Action Items Ruku 6-10
 History of DAWAH and rejection ; punishment for the nation of
Thamud ---- Realizing our sins and mistakes
 History of DAWAH and rejection; punishment for the people of Lot
--- Attitude of humility, gentleness and turning back towards Allah.
 History of DAWAH and rejection; punishment for the nation of
Shu'aib - justice in weighing and balance.
 Comment on History of DAWAH and rejection --- The continuous
repentance on individual and collective sins
 Critics on the situation on Nations ---- Removing Evil with Good
and keep in the boundary of Allah’s

26. Principle for
destruction of Nations,
Instructions for Tauhid
Ibadah and Istaghfar
The demand to worship
Allah alone and
Repentance from Shirk.
Ayah 1-24
The invitation of
Prophet Nuh and the
destruction of his
nation.
Ayah 25-49
The invitation of
Prophet Hud and
the destruction of
his nation (Aad).
Ayah 50-60
The invitation of Prophet
Saleh and the destruction
of his nation (Thamud).
Ayah 61-68Ayah 69-83
The invitation of
Prophet Shuaib
and the destruction
of his nation.
Ayah 84-95
:11‫سورۃ‬‫هود‬
The invitation of Prophet
Lut and the destruction
of his nation.
The invitation of
Prophet Musa and
the destruction of the
people of pharaoh.
Ayah 96-99
The demand to worship
Allah alone, Istaghfar
and steadfastness
Ayah 100-123

27. Let's evaluate our selves
Am I sure? Yes No mostly to some
extent
I do good without any pressure.
I remain obedient despite the opportunities for rebellion.
I convey Allah’s message to human beings with sincerity.
I am soft hearted.
I turn towards Allah SWT in all my affairs.
I fell short in respecting people.
I fell short in fulfilling all the rights.
I appreciate every ones hard work and pay them in full.
I do not hesitate to say the right thing when seeking
someone's advice
I have attribute of patience in myself.