WEBVTT 00:00:00.460 --> 00:00:08.580 The stories of the Prophets... the stories of the Prophets, peace be upon them. 00:00:23.190 --> 00:00:29.620 The story of Hud, peace be upon him. 00:00:32.899 --> 00:00:34.899 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:34.899 --> 00:00:38.020 All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. 00:00:39.020 --> 00:00:41.020 May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon our Prophet Muhammad. 00:00:42.020 --> 00:00:45.020 And upon all his family and companions. 00:00:46.020 --> 00:00:51.149 To proceed: there, in the south of the Arabian Peninsula, in the land of Yemen, 00:00:52.149 --> 00:00:57.149 lies a region known since ancient times as al-Ahqaf, between Oman and Hadhramaut. 00:00:58.149 --> 00:01:02.149 In that region dwelt the tribe of 'Ad. 00:01:02.149 --> 00:01:04.150 They were among the Arab tribes. 00:01:05.150 --> 00:01:09.150 They were distinguished from others by their physical stature. 00:01:10.150 --> 00:01:13.150 They were tall, with massive bodies. 00:01:14.180 --> 00:01:16.180 Allah had bestowed upon them strength and might, 00:01:17.180 --> 00:01:19.180 until they became arrogant and tyrannical on the earth, 00:01:20.180 --> 00:01:23.180 and oppressed the peoples around them. 00:01:24.180 --> 00:01:26.180 “As for A'ad, they were arrogant in the land without right, and they said: Who is mightier than us in power? Could they not see that Allah Who created them, He was mightier than them in power? And they denied Our revelations.” (41:15) 00:01:27.180 --> 00:01:29.180 They were deluded by their own state. 00:01:29.180 --> 00:01:35.180 It was their custom to build grand palaces for the sake of vanity and adornment, 00:01:36.180 --> 00:01:38.180 and they constructed channels through which water flowed. 00:01:39.180 --> 00:01:42.250 Yet, despite this corruption and the luxury they enjoyed, 00:01:43.250 --> 00:01:45.250 they worshipped idols. 00:01:46.250 --> 00:01:49.250 They were the first to worship idols after the people of Nuh (Noah), peace be upon him. 00:01:50.250 --> 00:01:54.250 So Allah sent to them His Prophet, Hud, peace be upon him. 00:01:56.500 --> 00:01:57.500 Hud, peace be upon him, 00:01:57.500 --> 00:02:00.500 traces his lineage back to Sam ibn Nuh. 00:02:01.500 --> 00:02:02.500 He was from the tribe of 'Ad. 00:02:03.500 --> 00:02:06.500 They knew his lineage among them and they knew his righteousness. 00:02:07.500 --> 00:02:09.780 Hud, peace be upon him, 00:02:10.780 --> 00:02:14.780 detested the shirk (polytheism) and the worship of others besides Allah that his people practiced. 00:02:15.780 --> 00:02:18.780 He also detested the oppression and corruption they were engaged in. 00:02:19.780 --> 00:02:22.780 He used to tend his sheep alone, far away, 00:02:23.780 --> 00:02:25.780 remembering Allah and worshipping Him, 00:02:25.780 --> 00:02:29.780 distancing himself from the shirk and the behaviors of his people. 00:02:30.780 --> 00:02:32.979 When Allah revealed to him, 00:02:33.979 --> 00:02:36.979 and sent him to his people as a warner and a bearer of glad tidings, 00:02:37.979 --> 00:02:39.979 he complied with the command of Allah. 00:02:40.979 --> 00:02:43.979 He began his mission by calling them to Tawhid (the Oneness of Allah), 00:02:44.979 --> 00:02:46.979 as is the case with all the Prophets. 00:02:47.979 --> 00:02:48.979 He said to his people, 00:02:48.979 --> 00:02:49.979 he said to his people: 00:02:50.979 --> 00:02:54.979 "O my people, worship Allah; you have no god other than Him." 00:02:55.979 --> 00:03:00.490 And as is the habit of tyrants and oppressors in every age and land, 00:03:01.490 --> 00:03:04.490 luxury blinded the eyes and the insight of the people of 'Ad. 00:03:05.490 --> 00:03:08.490 They rejected the call of their Prophet, Hud, peace be upon him. 00:03:09.490 --> 00:03:10.490 Moreover, they accused him of foolishness, 00:03:11.490 --> 00:03:13.490 and charged him with lying and madness. 00:03:14.490 --> 00:03:17.490 They claimed that their idols had become angry with him, 00:03:17.490 --> 00:03:20.490 and had afflicted him with a disorder in his mind. 00:03:21.620 --> 00:03:23.620 So he, peace be upon him, would reply to them 00:03:24.620 --> 00:03:25.620 with all forbearance, gentleness, and kindness. 00:03:26.620 --> 00:03:29.620 He would say, "O my people, there is no foolishness in me, 00:03:30.620 --> 00:03:31.620 nor is there any madness in me; 00:03:32.620 --> 00:03:35.620 but I am a Messenger from the Lord of the worlds." 00:03:36.620 --> 00:03:39.900 Hud, peace be upon him, used to remind them 00:03:40.900 --> 00:03:42.900 of the fate of the people of Nuh before them, 00:03:43.900 --> 00:03:46.900 so that they might take heed and learn a lesson from their end, 00:03:46.900 --> 00:03:49.900 and he warned them so that their fate would not be 00:03:50.900 --> 00:03:51.900 like the fate of those who preceded them. 00:03:52.900 --> 00:03:55.960 But they met his sincere advice with mockery and denial, 00:03:56.960 --> 00:03:58.960 and with threats and intimidation. 00:04:00.180 --> 00:04:02.180 Hud, peace be upon him, did not cease 00:04:03.180 --> 00:04:04.180 from performing the message of his Lord. 00:04:05.180 --> 00:04:08.180 He began to remind them of the blessings of Allah 00:04:09.180 --> 00:04:10.180 that were at their disposal, 00:04:11.180 --> 00:04:14.180 and how He had provided them with livestock and children, 00:04:14.180 --> 00:04:18.180 and created for them gardens and caused springs to flow for them. 00:04:19.180 --> 00:04:22.180 He promised them that if they responded to the command of Allah 00:04:23.180 --> 00:04:24.180 and followed the path of Tawhid, 00:04:25.180 --> 00:04:28.180 then Allah would shower them with rain, 00:04:29.180 --> 00:04:32.180 and increase them in strength upon their strength. 00:04:33.410 --> 00:04:35.410 None of these methods were of any benefit to them. 00:04:36.410 --> 00:04:42.410 They became even more attached to the paganism and shirk of their fathers and forefathers. 00:04:42.410 --> 00:04:46.470 They said to their Prophet, peace be upon him, criticizing him: 00:04:47.470 --> 00:04:50.470 "Have you come to us, O Hud, so that we may worship Allah alone, 00:04:51.470 --> 00:04:54.470 and abandon what our fathers used to worship of these idols?" 00:04:55.470 --> 00:04:57.629 Then their stubbornness and ignorance increased, 00:04:58.629 --> 00:05:01.629 and they denied the Resurrection, the recompense, and the reckoning. 00:05:02.629 --> 00:05:06.629 Some of them said to others, mocking Hud, peace be upon him: 00:05:07.629 --> 00:05:09.629 "Does this man promise you 00:05:10.629 --> 00:05:15.629 that when you have died and become dust and decaying bones in your graves, 00:05:16.629 --> 00:05:18.629 you will be brought forth anew?" 00:05:19.629 --> 00:05:21.629 “Begone, begone, with that which ye are promised!” (23:36) 00:05:22.629 --> 00:05:25.629 Deeming the occurrence of that to be utterly impossible. 00:05:26.660 --> 00:05:29.660 Then they demanded from him a sign and proof for his claim, 00:05:30.660 --> 00:05:31.660 and they said to him: 00:05:32.660 --> 00:05:35.660 "Even if you bring us, O Hud, the proof for what we have requested, 00:05:36.660 --> 00:05:37.660 we will not believe in you. 00:05:38.660 --> 00:05:41.790 It is all the same to us whether you admonish us or do not, 00:05:42.790 --> 00:05:46.790 for we are only following the way of the ancients, 00:05:47.790 --> 00:05:49.790 and we will not be punished." 00:05:51.110 --> 00:05:52.110 Allah the Exalted said: 00:05:53.110 --> 00:05:56.110 "And to 'Ad [We sent] their brother Hud." 00:05:57.110 --> 00:06:03.180 He said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no god other than Him. 00:06:04.180 --> 00:06:06.180 Will you not then fear [Allah]?" 00:06:07.180 --> 00:06:11.180 The eminent ones who disbelieved among his people said: 00:06:12.180 --> 00:06:16.180 “The chieftains of his people, who were disbelieving, said: Lo! we surely see thee in foolishness, and lo! we deem thee of the liars.” (7:66) 00:06:17.180 --> 00:06:23.240 “The chieftains of his people, who were disbelieving, said: Lo! we surely see thee in foolishness, and lo! we deem thee of the liars.” (7:66) 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:27.240 “He said: O my people! There is no foolishness in me, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the Worlds.” (7:67) 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:32.240 "But I am a Messenger from the Lord of the worlds." 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:39.240 “I convey unto you the messages of my Lord and am for you a true adviser.” (7:68) 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:52.500 "Do you wonder that there has come to you a reminder from your Lord through a man from among you, that he may warn you?" 00:06:52.500 --> 00:07:10.500 “Marvel ye that there should come unto you a Reminder from your Lord by means of a man among you, that he may warn you? Remember how He made you viceroys after Noah's folk, and gave you growth of stature. Remember (all) the bounties of your Lord, that haply ye may be successful.” (7:69) 00:07:11.500 --> 00:07:12.689 And the Exalted said: 00:07:13.689 --> 00:07:16.689 "The people of 'Ad denied the messengers." 00:07:16.689 --> 00:07:22.689 “When their brother Hud said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?” (26:124) 00:07:23.689 --> 00:07:26.689 "Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger." 00:07:27.689 --> 00:07:29.689 "So fear Allah and obey me." 00:07:30.689 --> 00:07:38.689 "And I do not ask you for it any payment; my payment is only from the Lord of the worlds." 00:07:39.689 --> 00:07:44.689 “Build ye on every high place a monument for vain delight?” (26:128) 00:07:44.689 --> 00:07:49.689 “And seek ye out strongholds, that haply ye may last for ever?” (26:129) 00:07:50.689 --> 00:07:54.689 “And if ye seize by force, seize ye as tyrants?” (26:130) 00:07:55.689 --> 00:07:58.689 "So fear Allah and obey me." 00:07:59.689 --> 00:08:04.689 “Keep your duty toward Him Who hath aided you with (the good things) that ye know,” (26:132) 00:08:05.689 --> 00:08:10.689 "He provided you with livestock and children," 00:08:10.689 --> 00:08:14.689 "And gardens and springs." 00:08:15.689 --> 00:08:22.170 "Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous Day." 00:08:23.170 --> 00:08:30.170 “They said: It is all one to us whether thou preachest or art not of those who preach;” (26:136) 00:08:31.170 --> 00:08:34.230 “This is but a fable of the men of old,” (26:137) 00:08:35.230 --> 00:08:37.230 "And we will not be punished." 00:08:38.230 --> 00:08:46.100 When the situation between Hud and his people reached this stage of denial and threats, 00:08:47.100 --> 00:08:49.100 they said to him by way of challenge: 00:08:50.100 --> 00:08:53.100 "Then bring us what you promise us, O Hud, of the punishment, 00:08:54.100 --> 00:08:56.100 if you are of the truthful in what you say." 00:08:57.100 --> 00:08:59.100 And they threatened him with harm beyond that. 00:09:00.450 --> 00:09:03.450 At that point, Hud, peace be upon him, called upon his Lord, 00:09:04.450 --> 00:09:07.450 after he had exhausted all means in calling them. 00:09:08.450 --> 00:09:10.450 He raised his hands to his Master and said: 00:09:11.450 --> 00:09:14.450 "My Lord, support me because they have denied me." 00:09:15.580 --> 00:09:18.580 The answer came quickly from Allah, the Mighty, the Irresistible: 00:09:19.580 --> 00:09:22.580 “He said: In a little while they surely will become repentant.” (23:40) 00:09:23.580 --> 00:09:25.700 "It is but a little while," 00:09:26.700 --> 00:09:29.700 "Then they will surely become regretful for what they neglected and denied." 00:09:30.700 --> 00:09:33.700 But at a time when regret will be of no avail. 00:09:34.700 --> 00:09:38.220 The punishment began to descend upon the people of 'Ad. 00:09:39.220 --> 00:09:41.220 The rain was withheld from them. 00:09:42.220 --> 00:09:44.220 Indeed, the rain from the sky was cut off from them. 00:09:45.220 --> 00:09:47.220 So they remained for three years, 00:09:48.220 --> 00:09:50.220 during which not a single drop came to them. 00:09:51.220 --> 00:09:53.220 Drought and thirst intensified upon them, 00:09:54.220 --> 00:09:56.409 until they were on the verge of destruction. 00:09:57.409 --> 00:09:59.409 In the meantime, 00:10:00.409 --> 00:10:02.409 Allah sent them a great cloud, 00:10:03.409 --> 00:10:05.409 black and dark, 00:10:06.409 --> 00:10:08.409 which in its appearance seemed to hold much good, 00:10:09.409 --> 00:10:12.409 but it held destruction, ruin, and a painful punishment. 00:10:13.659 --> 00:10:15.659 When they saw that cloud in the sky 00:10:16.659 --> 00:10:17.659 coming toward them, 00:10:18.659 --> 00:10:20.659 they said, "This is a cloud bringing us rain on the horizon." 00:10:21.659 --> 00:10:22.659 "It will rain upon us." 00:10:23.659 --> 00:10:24.659 So they rejoiced at it. 00:10:25.659 --> 00:10:27.659 Then the situation changed as the cloud approached, 00:10:28.659 --> 00:10:31.659 and a severe, cold wind came upon them, 00:10:32.659 --> 00:10:34.659 fierce, powerful, and stormy. 00:10:35.659 --> 00:10:38.659 It continued against them for seven nights and eight days. 00:10:39.659 --> 00:10:41.659 It was decisive and crushing. 00:10:42.659 --> 00:10:43.789 Because of its intensity, 00:10:44.789 --> 00:10:47.789 it would carry a giant man among them up to the sky, 00:10:48.789 --> 00:10:51.789 then throw him onto his head on the earth, 00:10:52.789 --> 00:10:54.789 so his head would be severed from his body. 00:10:55.789 --> 00:10:56.889 And thus, 00:10:57.889 --> 00:10:59.889 the fierce wind would take them, 00:11:00.889 --> 00:11:01.889 one after another, 00:11:02.889 --> 00:11:04.889 while they were looking at the punishment of Allah upon them, 00:11:05.889 --> 00:11:08.889 and they were unable to ward it off from themselves, 00:11:09.889 --> 00:11:13.889 until they became dead bodies on the earth without heads, 00:11:14.889 --> 00:11:17.889 just as Allah the Exalted described them by saying: 00:11:18.889 --> 00:11:21.889 “Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm-trees.” (54:20) 00:11:22.919 --> 00:11:26.919 Meaning that their appearance after their destruction and the descent of the punishment upon them 00:11:27.919 --> 00:11:28.919 was like the trunk of a palm tree without a head, 00:11:29.919 --> 00:11:31.919 having fallen to the earth dead. 00:11:32.919 --> 00:11:37.110 Yes, this is what you hastened for of the punishment. 00:11:37.110 --> 00:11:39.110 It is a severe wind, 00:11:40.110 --> 00:11:43.110 destroying everything its Lord commanded it to destroy, 00:11:44.110 --> 00:11:46.110 and in it is a painful punishment. 00:11:47.110 --> 00:11:50.110 So nothing could be seen of them except their dwellings. 00:11:51.110 --> 00:11:53.110 Nothing remained but the ruins, 00:11:54.110 --> 00:11:56.110 so that others might take a lesson from them. 00:11:57.110 --> 00:11:59.139 And no one was saved from the punishment of Allah, 00:12:00.139 --> 00:12:03.139 except Hud, peace be upon him, and those who believed with him, 00:12:04.139 --> 00:12:06.139 because they had secluded themselves in an enclosure 00:12:07.139 --> 00:12:10.139 by the command of Allah until the punishment was lifted. 00:12:11.139 --> 00:12:13.139 And all praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. 00:12:14.139 --> 00:12:17.940 Allah the Exalted said: 00:12:18.940 --> 00:12:21.129 "And mention the brother of 'Ad," 00:12:22.129 --> 00:12:28.129 “And make mention (O Muhammad) of the brother of A'ad when he warned his folk among the wind-curved sandhills - and verily warners came and went before and after him - saying: Serve none but Allah. Lo! I fear for you the doom of a tremendous Day.” (46:21) 00:12:29.129 --> 00:12:33.129 “And make mention (O Muhammad) of the brother of A'ad when he warned his folk among the wind-curved sandhills - and verily warners came and went before and after him - saying: Serve none but Allah. Lo! I fear for you the doom of a tremendous Day.” (46:21) 00:12:34.129 --> 00:12:35.129 "And from behind him," 00:12:35.129 --> 00:12:38.129 “That ye serve none, save Allah. Lo! I fear for you the retribution of a painful Day.” (11:26) 00:12:39.129 --> 00:12:44.129 "Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous Day." 00:12:45.129 --> 00:12:50.159 “They said: Hast come to turn us away from our gods? Then bring upon us that wherewith thou threatenest us, if thou art of the truthful.” (46:22) 00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:54.159 "Then bring us what you promise us," 00:12:55.159 --> 00:13:00.159 "If you should be of the truthful." 00:13:00.159 --> 00:13:03.159 “He said: The knowledge is with Allah only. I convey unto you that wherewith I have been sent, but I see you are a folk that know not.” (46:23) 00:13:04.159 --> 00:13:08.159 “He said: The knowledge is with Allah only. I convey unto you that wherewith I have been sent, but I see you are a folk that know not.” (46:23) 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:14.159 "But I see you as a people who are ignorant." 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:20.159 “Then, when they beheld it as a dense cloud coming toward their valleys, they said: Here is a cloud bringing us rain. Nay, but it is that which ye did seek to hasten, a wind wherein is painful torment,” (46:24) 00:13:21.159 --> 00:13:26.159 “They said: Hast come to turn us away from our gods? Then bring upon us that wherewith thou threatenest us, if thou art of the truthful.” (46:22) 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:29.159 “Then, when they beheld it as a dense cloud coming toward their valleys, they said: Here is a cloud bringing us rain. Nay, but it is that which ye did seek to hasten, a wind wherein is painful torment,” (46:24) 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:33.159 "They said, 'This is a cloud bringing us rain.'" 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:37.159 “Then, when they beheld it as a dense cloud coming toward their valleys, they said: Here is a cloud bringing us rain. Nay, but it is that which ye did seek to hasten, a wind wherein is painful torment,” (46:24) 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:41.159 “Then, when they beheld it as a dense cloud coming toward their valleys, they said: Here is a cloud bringing us rain. Nay, but it is that which ye did seek to hasten, a wind wherein is painful torment,” (46:24) 00:13:42.159 --> 00:13:47.159 “Destroying all things by commandment of its Lord. And morning found them so that naught could be seen save their dwellings. Thus do We reward the guilty folk.” (46:25) 00:13:48.159 --> 00:13:51.159 “Destroying all things by commandment of its Lord. And morning found them so that naught could be seen save their dwellings. Thus do We reward the guilty folk.” (46:25) 00:13:51.159 --> 00:13:55.159 "Thus do We recompense the criminal people." 00:13:56.159 --> 00:13:58.539 My noble brothers, 00:13:59.539 --> 00:14:03.539 this is the news of the people of 'Ad with their Prophet, Hud, peace be upon him. 00:14:04.539 --> 00:14:08.539 Allah has mentioned them in the Qur'an in 27 places. 00:14:09.539 --> 00:14:13.539 And Allah mentioned Hud, peace be upon him, in the Qur'an 7 times. 00:14:14.539 --> 00:14:19.539 That is only so that we may take a lesson and a warning from these people. 00:14:19.539 --> 00:14:25.799 And among the most important benefits we derive from the story of Hud, peace be upon him, with his people 00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:27.799 are the following: 00:14:29.250 --> 00:14:32.250 First, that the consequence of arrogance is dire. 00:14:33.250 --> 00:14:37.250 It has been said, "How many backs has arrogance broken?" 00:14:38.250 --> 00:14:42.250 For the people of 'Ad said, "Who is greater than us in strength?" 00:14:43.309 --> 00:14:47.309 “As for A'ad, they were arrogant in the land without right, and they said: Who is mightier than us in power? Could they not see that Allah Who created them, He was mightier than them in power? And they denied Our revelations.” (41:15) 00:14:48.309 --> 00:14:49.759 Second, 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:54.759 patience in the call to Allah and gentleness with those being invited is required. 00:14:55.759 --> 00:14:58.759 For when the people of 'Ad said to their Prophet, 00:14:59.759 --> 00:15:01.759 “The chieftains of his people, who were disbelieving, said: Lo! we surely see thee in foolishness, and lo! we deem thee of the liars.” (7:66) 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:05.759 his response to them was with all calmness and composure: 00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:07.759 "There is no foolishness in me," 00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:11.759 "But I am a Messenger from the Lord of the worlds." 00:15:12.759 --> 00:15:15.759 Thus, without annoyance or anger. 00:15:17.210 --> 00:15:18.210 Third, 00:15:19.210 --> 00:15:22.210 the wind is a soldier from the soldiers of Allah, Blessed and Exalted be He. 00:15:23.210 --> 00:15:25.210 He sends it as a punishment upon whom He wills, 00:15:26.210 --> 00:15:28.210 as is the case in the story of 'Ad, 00:15:29.210 --> 00:15:31.210 and He sends it as a mercy upon whom He wills, 00:15:32.210 --> 00:15:35.210 so that rain descends with it and good comes from it, 00:15:36.210 --> 00:15:38.210 And He subjects it to the service of whomever He wills, 00:15:39.210 --> 00:15:42.210 just as He subjected it to Sulayman, peace be upon him. 00:15:43.590 --> 00:15:44.590 Fourth: 00:15:44.590 --> 00:15:46.590 Reliance upon Allah the Exalted, 00:15:47.590 --> 00:15:50.590 and depending solely upon Him, is the essence of the stories of the prophets. 00:15:51.690 --> 00:15:53.690 For Nuh said to his people beforehand, 00:15:54.690 --> 00:15:56.690 and Hud also said to his people. 00:15:57.690 --> 00:16:00.690 “Beside Him. So (try to) circumvent me, all of you, give me no respite.” (11:55) 00:16:01.690 --> 00:16:04.690 “Lo! I have put my trust in Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Not an animal but He doth grasp it by the forelock! Lo! my Lord is on a straight path.” (11:56) 00:16:06.139 --> 00:16:07.139 Fifth: 00:16:08.139 --> 00:16:10.139 Constructing opulent buildings for the sake of pride and arrogance 00:16:11.139 --> 00:16:12.139 is a blameworthy matter. 00:16:12.139 --> 00:16:16.139 Hud, peace be upon him, rebuked them for this, saying: 00:16:17.139 --> 00:16:21.139 “Build ye on every high place a monument for vain delight?” (26:128) 00:16:22.139 --> 00:16:26.259 However, if these buildings are for a necessity and according to one's needs, 00:16:27.259 --> 00:16:28.259 then there is no harm in them. 00:16:29.259 --> 00:16:30.740 Sixth: 00:16:31.740 --> 00:16:34.740 The story of 'Ad is not mentioned in the Torah nor in the Gospel. 00:16:35.740 --> 00:16:38.740 Perhaps this stems from the envy the People of the Book harbor toward the Arabs, 00:16:39.740 --> 00:16:41.740 because the people of 'Ad were Arabs, 00:16:42.740 --> 00:16:45.740 and Hud, peace be upon him, was one of the Arab prophets. 00:16:46.740 --> 00:16:47.740 It may be for this very reason 00:16:48.740 --> 00:16:51.740 that the People of the Book concealed their mention in their scriptures, 00:16:52.740 --> 00:16:56.740 claiming that all prophets were from the Children of Israel. 00:16:57.740 --> 00:17:01.120 The discussion continues. 00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:03.120 And Allah knows best. 00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:06.119 All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. 00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:09.119 May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon our Prophet Muhammad, 00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:13.119 and upon all his family and companions. 00:17:14.119 --> 00:17:19.069 You have been listening to the stories of the prophets.