《诗人》（强者如何陨落）123-140
Al-Shuara The Poets ( How the Mighty Fall) 123-140
阿德人同样否认了上主的使者。
The `Ād, too, denied God’s messengers.
(123)
(123)
他们的兄弟呼德对他们说："你们难道不敬畏真主吗？"
Their brother Hūd said to them: Will you have no fear of God? (124)
我是奉派到你们那里的使者，是值得信赖的。(125)
I am a Messenger [sent by Him] to you, worthy of all trust. (125)
所以，你们要敬畏真主，并服从我。(126)
So, fear God and pay heed to me. (126)
我不为此向你们索取任何报酬，我的报酬只在众世界的主那里。(127)
No reward whatever do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of all the worlds. (127)
“你们要在每个高地上建立标记，徒劳无益地自作妄为吗？（128）”
‘Do you build a landmark on every high place, in a vain endeavour, (128)
你们竟建造高大的建筑，似乎你们将永生不死一般？（129）
and make for yourselves strong structures, hoping to be immortal? (129)
当你行使权力时，你们却像残暴的暴君一样。(130)
When you exercise your power, you do so like cruel tyrants. (130)
所以，你们当敬畏真主，并听从我。（131）
So, fear God and pay heed to me. (131)
敬畏那位赐予你们一切所知之物的主。（132）
Fear Him who has provided you with all that you know. (132)
他已赐予你们牲畜和子女，（133）
He has provided you with cattle and children, (133)
以及园林和泉水。(134)
and gardens and springs. (134)
我实在害怕你们遭受一个可怕之日的刑罚。（135）
Indeed, I fear lest suffering befall you on an awesome day.’ (135)
他们回答说："无论你是否规劝我们，对我们来说都没有分别。"（136）
They answered: ‘It is all one to us whether you admonish us or you never give admonition. (136)
这不过是古人的做法。（137）
This is none but the practice of the ancients. (137)
“我们永远不会受到惩罚。”（138）
Never are we going to be punished.’ (138)
于是他们否认他。所以我们毁灭了他们。诚然，其中有明确的迹象；然而，他们中大多数人不信。（139）
Thus they denied him. So We destroyed them. Indeed, there is in this a sure sign; yet most of them will not believe. (139)
而你的主确实是至尊全能的，是至慈至悯的。（140）
And indeed it is your Lord who is the Mighty One, the Merciful. (140)
权力与永生之感
Power And A Sense Of Immortality
先知胡德的族人居住在阿赫加夫(al-Aĥqāf)，那是一片广阔的沙丘地带，离哈达拉茂特(Ĥadramowt)不远，位于也门的方向。他们生活在努哈(Noah)之后的某个时期，是在洪水惩罚努哈的族人之后，偏离正道的民族之一。
The Prophet Hūd’s people lived in al-Aĥqāf, an area of extensive sand dunes not far from Ĥadramowt and in the direction of Yemen. They lived sometime after Noah, and were one of the communities that deviated from the right way sometime after the flood that punished Noah’s people.
胡德的故事在第7章《高处》和第11章《胡德》中有更详细的叙述。第23章《信士》中也提到了这个故事，但没有提及胡德及其族人的名字。此处的故事概括了胡德对族人的劝导（劝他们相信真主的独一性）以及真主的惩罚降临时他们所遭受的结局。
Hūd’s story was told in more detail in Sūrah 7, The Heights, and Sūrah 11, Hūd. It is also mentioned in .Sūrah 23, The Believers, without mentioning the names of Had or his community. The story here is summed up between Hūd’s address to his community that encouraged them to believe in God’s oneness and the end they faced as God’s punishment befell them.
哈德的故事与努哈的故事有着相同的开端：
The story of Had and his people has the same beginning as Noah’s story:
阿德人也否认了真主的使者。他们的兄弟胡德对他们说：你们难道不敬畏真主吗？我是你们可信赖的使者。所以，你们应当敬畏真主，服从我。我不为此向你们索取任何报酬，我的报酬只在全世界的主那里。（第123至127节）
The `Ād, too, denied God’s messengers. Their brother Hid said to them: Will you have no fear of God? I am a Messenger [sent by Him] to you, worthy of all trust. So, fear God and pay heed to me. No reward whatever do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of all the worlds. (Verses 123-127)
这是每一位使者所传达的同一个信息：呼吁人们唯独信仰真主，敬畏祂，并服从祂的使者。与此同时，使者宣明自己对人们可能提供的世俗享乐或地位毫无所求。这使事情回归正轨。使者不向他们索取任何东西，而是仰望真主给予他的报酬。
It is the same message given by every messenger of God: it is a call to believe in God alone and to fear Him and obey His messenger. This is coupled with a declaration disclaiming any interest in worldly luxuries or position the people may have to offer. This puts things in the right perspective. The messenger seeks nothing from them, but instead he looks to God for his reward.
哈德接着这番宣告，审视了他们自身的处境与行为。他批评他们建造高耸的建筑以炫耀自己的能力，以财富为傲。他谴责他们因物质力量及各种资源而生出的傲慢，这些资源使他们得以运用各种力量和手段，完全无视真主，也忘记了自己必将在主面前接受清算：“你们在每个高处建造标记，徒劳无益；你们建造坚固的宫殿，指望永远存在。”（经文第128-129节）
Had follows this declaration by examining their own particular conditions and behaviour. He criticizes the fact that they build lofty buildings to demonstrate their ability, taking pride in their wealth. He denounces their arrogance which results from their material power and the resources that enable them to use different forces and means, in total disregard of God, oblivious to the fact of their accountability to Him: “Do you build a landmark on every high place, in a vain endeavour, and make for yourselves strong structures, hoping to be immortal?” (Verses 128-129)