阿德人在也门与阿曼之间一片多风的山地中生活了许多年。

The people of 'Ad lived many years in the windswept hills of an area between Yemen and Oman.

他们体格健壮，以精湛的工艺著称，尤其擅长建造高耸入云、塔楼巍峨的建筑。在权势与财富上，他们超越了所有民族，但不幸的是，这使他们变得傲慢自负。他们的政治权力掌握在不义的统治者手中，无人敢站出来反对他们。

They were physically well built and renowned for their craftsmanship especially in the construction of tall buildings with lofty towers. They were outstanding among all the nations in power and wealth, which, unfortunately, made them arrogant and boastful. Their political power was held in the hand of unjust rulers, against whom no one dared to raise a voice.

他们并非不知道安拉的存在，也不是拒绝崇拜祂。他们所拒绝的，是只崇拜安拉独一。他们还崇拜其他的神灵，包括偶像。这是安拉不赦免的一种罪过。

They were not ignorant of the existence of Allah, nor did they refuse to worship Him. What they did refuse was to worship Allah alone. They worshipped other gods, also, including idols. This is one sin Allah does not forgive.

安拉想要引导并教化这些人，于是从他们当中派遣了一位先知。这位先知就是胡德（PBUH），他是一位高尚的人，以极大的坚定与宽容承担了这项使命。

Allah wanted to guide and discipline these people so He sent a prophet from among them. This prophet was Hud (PBUH), a noble man who handled this task with great resoluteness and tolerance.

伊本·贾里尔记载，他是胡德·伊本·沙里赫、伊本·阿尔法赫沙德、伊本·萨姆、伊本·努哈的后裔。他还记载，先知胡德是出自一个名为阿德的部族，该部族是阿德·伊本·欧斯·伊本·萨姆·伊本·努哈的后人，他们是居住在也门阿赫嘎夫地区的阿拉伯人，位于阿曼与哈达拉毛之间，在一片名为阿沙尔的土地上，这片土地一直延伸入海。他们所在山谷的名字叫穆吉希特。有些传述称，胡德是第一个说阿拉伯语的人，另有传述则称努哈是第一个说阿拉伯语的人。还有人说，第一个说阿拉伯语的是阿丹。

Ibn Jarir reported that he was Hud Ibn Shalikh, Ibn Arfakhshand, Ibn Sam, Ibn Noah (PBUH). He also reported that Prophet Hud (PBUH) was from a tribe called Ad Ibn Us Ibn Sam Ibn Noah, who were Arabs living in Al Ahqaf in Yemen between Oman and Hadramaut, on a land called Ashar stretching out into the sea. The name of their valley was Mughiith Some traditions claimed that Hud (PBUH) was the first person who spoke Arabic while others claimed that Noah (PBUH) was the first. It was also said that Adam was the first.

胡德(愿主赐他平安)谴责拜偶像的行为,并训诫他的族人。"我的族人啊,你们亲手雕刻并加以崇拜的这些石头有什么益处呢?实际上这是对理智的侮辱。唯有一位神明值得崇拜,那就是安拉。你们必须崇拜祂,而且只崇拜祂一位,这是你们的责任。

Hud (PBUH) condemned idol worship and admonished his people. "MY people, what is the benefit of these stones that you carve with your own hands and worship? In reality it is an insult to the intellect. There is only One Deity worthy of worship and that is Allah. Worship of Him and Him alone, is compulsory on you.

他创造了你们，供给你们的给养，也是使你们死亡的那一位。他赐予你们优美的体格，并以种种恩惠眷顾你们。所以你们应当信仰他，不要对他的恩典视而不见，否则，你们将遭遇毁灭努哈族的那种命运。”胡德以这样的道理，希望在他们心中培植信仰，但他们拒绝接受他的使命。

He created you, He provides for you and He is the One Who will cause you to die. He gave you wonderful physiques and blessed you in many ways. So believe in Him and do not be blind to His favors, or the same fate that destroyed Noah's people will overtake you." With such reasoning Hud hoped to instill faith in them, but they refused to accept his message.

他的族人问他："你想借着你的召唤做我们的主人吗？你要什么报酬？"胡德尽力让他们明白，他的报酬来自安拉；他对他们别无所求，只希望他们让真理之光照进他们的心智与内心。

His people asked him: "Do you desire to be our master with your call? What payment do you want?"Hud tried to make them understand that he would receive his payment (reward) from Allah; he did not demand anything from them except that they let the light of truth touch their minds and hearts.

真主至大说：

Allah the Almighty states:

"我又派遣他们的兄弟呼德去见阿德人。他说:'我的宗族啊!你们应当崇拜真主,除他之外,你们没有别的应受崇拜的主。你们只是在捏造谎言罢了!我的宗族啊!我不因此向你们索取报酬,我的报酬只在创造我的主那里。难道你们不理解吗?我的宗族啊!你们应当向你们的主求饶,然后向他悔罪,他将从天上为你们降下丰沛的雨水,并增加你们的力量,所以你们不要像罪犯(否认真主独一的人)那样背离。'他们说:'呼德啊!你没有给我们提出任何证据,我们不会因为你的一句话就舍弃我们的神明,我们也不信你。我们所说的只是,我们的某些神明(虚假的神灵)……'"

"And to Ad people We sent their brother Hud. He said: "O my people! Worship Allah! You have no other Ilah (god) but Him; Certainly, you do nothing but invent (lies)! O my people I ask of you no reward for it (the Message). My reward is only from Him Who created me. Will you not then understand? And O my people! Ask forgiveness of your Lord and then repent to Him, He will send you (from the sky) abundant rain, and add strength to your strength, so do not turn away as Mujrimeen (criminals, disbeliveers in the Oneness of Allah)." They said: "O Hud! No evidence have you brought us and we shall not leave our gods for your mere saying! We are not believers in you. All that we say is that some of our gods (false deities)

"……已经用邪恶（疯狂）抓住了你。”他说：“我以真主为证，也请你们作证：我与你们所以为真主的同侔之物毫无瓜葛。所以你们all合谋来对付我，不要给我缓期。我托靠真主，我的主和你们的主！天下没有一个行动的生物，不是在他掌握之中的。我的主确在正路上。如果你们背弃，那么，我已把我奉遣而来的使命传达给你们了。我的主将使另一族民接替你们，你们不能损害他分毫。我的主确是万物的保护者。”（古兰经 11:50-57）真主至高无上地说：

have seized you with evil (madness)." HE said: "I call Allah to witness and bear you witness that I am free from that which you ascribe as partners in worship, and with Him (Allah). SO plot against me, all of you, and give me no respite. I put my trust in Allah, my Lord and your Lord! There is not a moving (living) creature but HE has grasp of its forelock. Verily, my Lord is on the Straight Path (the truth). SO if you turn away, still I have conveyed the Message with which I was sent to you. My Lord will make another people succeed you, and you will not harm Him in the least. Surely, my Lord is Guardian over all things."(Ch 11:50-57 Quran)Allah the Almighty states:

"我又派遣他们的兄弟呼德去见阿德人。他说:'我的宗族啊!你们应当崇拜真主,除他之外,你们没有别的应受崇拜的主。你们只是在捏造谎言罢了!我的宗族啊!我不因此向你们索取报酬,我的报酬只在创造我的主那里。难道你们不理解吗?我的宗族啊!你们应当向你们的主求饶,然后向他悔罪,他将从天上为你们降下丰沛的雨水,并增加你们的力量,所以你们不要像罪犯(否认真主独一的人)那样背离。'他们说:'呼德啊!你没有给我们提出任何证据,我们不会因为你的一句话就舍弃我们的神明,我们也不信你。我们所说的只是,我们的某些神明(虚假的神灵)……'"

"And to Ad people We sent their brother Hud. He said: "O my people! Worship Allah! You have no other Ilah (god) but Him; Certainly, you do nothing but invent (lies)! O my people I ask of you no reward for it (the Message). My reward is only from Him Who created me. Will you not then understand? And O my people! Ask forgiveness of your Lord and then repent to Him, He will send you (from the sky) abundant rain, and add strength to your strength, so do not turn away as Mujrimeen (criminals, disbeliveers in the Oneness of Allah)." They said: "O Hud! No evidence have you brought us and we shall not leave our gods for your mere saying! We are not believers in you. All that we say is that some of our gods (false deities)

胡德试图与他们交谈，向他们阐明真主的恩典：真主至高无上使他们成为努哈的继承者，赐予他们力量与权势，并降下雨水以使土地复苏。

Hud tried to speak to them and to explain about Allah's blessings: how Allah the Almighty had made them Noah's successors, how He had given them strength and power, and how HE sent them rain to revive the soil.

胡德的族人环顾四周，发现自己是地上最强大的民族，于是变得更加傲慢、更加顽固。因此他们与胡德争论不休。他们问道："胡德啊！你是说，我们死后会化为尘土，然后还会复活吗？"他回答说："是的，你们将在审判日归来，你们每个人都将被问及自己所做的事。"听到这句话后，传来一阵大笑声。"胡德的说法多么奇怪！"那些不信道者在彼此之间嘀咕道。他们认为，人死后身体会腐烂并化为尘土，被风吹散，怎么可能恢复到原来的状态呢？

Hud's people looked about them and found they were the strongest on earth, so they become prouder and more obstinate. Thus they argued a lot with Hud. They asked "O Hud! Do you say that later we die and turn into dust, we will be resurrected?" He replied, "Yes, you will come back on the Day of Judgment and each of you will be asked about what you did." A peal of laughter was heard after the last statement. "How strange Hud's claims are!" The disbeliveers muttered among themselves. They believed that when man dies his body decays and turns into dust, which is swept away by the wind. How could that return to its original state?

我们的问题是：那么末日的意义是什么？死者为什么会复活？

Then what is the significance of the Day of Judgment? Why does the dead return to life?

所有这些问题都被胡德耐心地听完了。随后，他就末日审判向他的族人发表讲话。他解释说，相信末日审判对于真主的公正至关重要，并教导他们各位先知所传授的同一教义。

All these questions were patiently received by Hud. He then addressed his people concerning the Day of Judgment. he explained that belief in the Day of Judgment is essential to Allah's justice, teaching them the same thing that every prophet taught about it.

胡德解释说，公正要求必须有审判日，因为在今世，善并不总是能够获胜。有时恶会压倒善。这样的罪行难道会不受惩罚吗？倘若我们假设没有审判日，那么一种巨大的不公将会盛行；然而安拉已禁止自己或其仆民犯下不公。因此，审判日的存在——一个我们为行为接受清算、并因此获得奖赏或惩罚的日子——便彰显了安拉公正的广大。胡德就这些事情向他们进行了讲述。他们听了，却不信他。

Hud explained that justice demands that there be a Day of Judgment because good is not always victorious in life. Sometimes evil overpowers good. Will such crimes go unpunished? If we suppose there is no Day of Judgment, then a great injustice will have prevailed, but Allah has forbidden injustice to be incurred by Himself or His subjects. Therefore, the existence of the Day of Judgment, a day of accounting for our deeds and being rewarded or punished for them, reveals the extend of Allah's justice. Hud spoke to them about all of these things. They listened but disbelieved him.

安拉叙述了胡德的族人对审判日的态度：

Allah recounts Hud's people's attitude towards the Day of Judgment:

“他那族中不信且否认后世相见、我曾赐予今世享乐与富足的首领们说：‘他不过是和你们一样的人，他吃你们所吃的，喝你们所喝的。你们若服从与你们一样的人，那你们必定是亏损者。他许诺你们，当你们死去、变成尘土和枯骨之后，你们还会复活出来吗？’”

"The chiefs of his people, whom disbelieved and denied the meeting in the Hereafter, and to who We had given the luxuries and comforts of this life, said: "He is no more than a human being like you, he eats of that which you eat, and drinks of what you drink. If you were to obey a human being like yourselves then verily! You indeed would be losers. Does he promise you that when you have died and have become dust and bones, you shall come out alive (resurrected)?

{遥远，遥远，就是你们被许诺的那事！除了我们今世的生活，别无其他！我们死了，又活了！我们不会复活！他只是一个捏造谎言攻讦真主的人，我们不会信他。}（第23章：33-38节，《古兰经》）

Far, very far, is that which you are promised. There is nothing but our life of this world! We die and we live! We are not going to be resurrected! He is only a man who has invented a lie against Allah, but we are not going to believe in him." (Ch 23:33-38 Quran)

胡德的族人的首领们问道:"安拉从我们之中拣选一人来传达祂的启示,这难道不奇怪吗?"胡德回答道:"这有什么奇怪的呢?安拉想要引导你们走上正道,所以祂派我来警告你们。努哈的洪水及其故事离你们并不遥远,所以不要忘记所发生的事情。所有不信者都被毁灭了,无论他们多么强大。""胡德啊,谁会毁灭我们呢?"首领们问道。

The chiefs of Hud's people asked: "Is it not strange that Allah's chooses one of us to reveal His message to?" Hud replied: "What is strange in that? Allah wants to guide you to the right way of life, so HE sent me to warn you. Noah's flood and his story are not far away from you, so do not forget what happened. All the disbeliveers were destroyed, no matter how strong they were." "Who is going to destroy us Hud?" the chiefs asked.

"真主。"胡德回答道。

"Allah." replied Hud.

那些不信的族人回答道："我们将依靠我们的神明得救。"胡德向他们阐明，他们所崇拜的那些神明将成为他们毁灭的原因；唯有安拉才能拯救人，地上任何其他力量都不能给人带来利益或造成伤害。

The disbeliveers among his people answered: "We will be saved by our gods." Hud clarified to them that the gods they worshipped would be the reason for their destruction, that it is Allah alone Who saves people, and that no other power on earth can benefit or harm anyone.

呼吁与他的族人之间的冲突仍在继续。岁月流逝，他们变得愈加傲慢、顽固，愈加暴虐，也愈加公然违抗他们先知的教导。

The conflict between Hud and his people continued. The years passed, and they became prouder and more obstinate, and more tyrannical and more defiant of their prophet's message.

此外,他们开始指责胡德(愿主福安之)是个疯狂的疯子。有一天,他们对他说:

Furthermore, they started to accuse Hud (PBUH) of being a crazy lunatic. One day they told him:

“我们如今明白了你疯狂的缘由：你侮辱了我们的神明，所以它们伤害了你，你才变得疯癫。”全能的真主在《古兰经》中转述了他们的这些话。

"We now understand the secret of your madness you insulted our gods and they harmed you; that is why you have become insane." Almighty Allah repeated their words in the Quran:

“哦，我的兄弟呼德！你没有给我们带来任何证据，我们也不会因为你的一面之词就舍弃我们的神明！我们也不信你。我们所说的只是：我们的某些神明（伪神）……”

"O my Hud! No evidence have you brought us, and we shall not leave our gods for your mere saying! And we are not believers in you. All that we say is that some of our gods (false deities)

"你的某些神灵使你遭受了恶报（癫狂）。"（古兰经 11:53-54）

have seized you with evil (madness)." (Ch 11:53-54 Quran)

胡德不得不回应他们的挑战。他别无他法，只能完全转向真主，别无选择，只能向他们发出一份带有警告的最后通牒。他向他们宣告："我以真主为见证，你们也要见证：我与你们所以为真主的同伴的那些偶像无关。"

Hud had to return their challenge. He had no other way but to turn to Allah alone, no other alternative but to give them a threatening ultimatum. he declared to them: "I call Allah to witness and bear you witness that I am free from that which you ascribe as pin worship with Him (Allah).

"你们对我尽管策划吧，不要给我宽限。我托靠真主，他是我的主，也是你们的主。没有一个动物不被他掌握其前额。我的主确在正路上。如果你们背离，那么，我确已把我奉命传达的使命传达给你们了。我的主将使另一族民代替你们，你们绝不能损害他分毫。」（古兰经 11:54-57）

SO plot against me, all of you and give me no respite. I put my trust in Allah, my Lord your Lord! There is not a moving (living) creature but He has grasp of its forelock. Verily, my Lord is on the Straight Path (the truth). So if you turn away, still I have conveyed the message with which it was sent to you. My Lord will make another people succeed you, and you will not harm Him." (Ch 11:54-57 Quran)

因此,胡德(Hud)与他们及他们所拜的神明断绝了关系,并表明自己完全依靠创造他的安拉。胡德明白,他族人中的不信道者必将遭受惩罚。这是生命的规律之一:无论不信道者多么富有、暴虐或显赫,安拉都会惩罚他们。

Thus Hud renounced them and their gods and affirmed his dependence on Allah Who had created him. Hud realized that punishment would be incurred on the disbeliveers among his people. It is one of the laws of life. Allah punishes the disbeliveers, no matter how rich, tyrannical or great they are.

hūd及其族人一直等待着真主的应许。干旱蔓延全境，天空不再降下雨水。太阳炙烤着沙漠的沙地，看上去像一团火盘，悬停在人们的头顶。

Hud and his people waited for Allah's promise. A drought spread throughout the land, for the sky no longer sent its rain. the sun scorched the desert sands, looking like a disk of fire which settled on people's heads.

呼德的族人急忙来到他面前问道:"呼德啊,这场旱灾是怎么回事?"呼德回答说:"安拉对你们发怒了。如果你们信仰祂,祂就会接纳你们,降下雨水,你们也会比现在更加强盛。"他们却嘲笑他,变得更加顽固、讥讽,并且执迷于不信。旱灾愈演愈烈,树木变黄,植物枯死。

Hud's people hastened to him asking: "What is that drought Hud?" Hud answered: "Allah is angry with you. If you believe in Him, He will accept you and the rain will fall and you will become stronger than you are." They mocked him and became more obstinate, sarcastic and preserve in their unbelief. The drought increased, the trees turned yellow, and plants died.

有一天，他们发现天空布满了乌云。胡德的族人欢喜地走出帐篷，高声喊道："是云！它会给我们降雨！"天气突然从炎热干燥变为刺骨的寒冷，狂风猛烈摇撼着一切：树木、植物、帐篷，还有男人和女人。风一天比一天猛烈，一夜比一夜猛烈。

A day came when they found the sky full of clouds. Hud's people were glad as they came out of their tents crying: "A cloud, which will give us rain!" The weather changed suddenly from burning dry and hot to stinging cold with wind that shook everything; trees, plants, tents, men and women. The wind increased day after day and night after night.

ud 的族人开始四散逃命。他们跑回帐篷里躲藏，但狂风越来越猛，把帐篷从木桩上连根拔起。他们又躲到布罩之下，狂风却更加猛烈，仍旧不停，把布罩也撕扯开来。它割裂衣物和皮肤，钻进身体的孔窍，将其摧毁。它几乎没有触碰到任何东西而不将其毁灭或致死，并吸走其内在的精华，使其腐朽、烂掉。暴风肆虐了八天七夜。

Hud's people started to flee. They ran to their tents to hide but the gale became stronger, ripping their tents from their stakes. They hid under cloth covers but the gale became stronger and still and tore away the covers. It slashed clothing and skin. It penetrated the apertures of the body and destroyed it. It hardly touched anything before it was destroyed or killed, its core sucked out to decompose and rot. The storm raged for 8 days and 7 nights.

全能的安拉说道：

Almighty Allah recounts:

然后，当他们看见它如一片浓云朝着他们的山谷飘来时，他们说："这是给我们带来雨水的云！"不然，这正是你们曾催促快降的刑罚！那是一阵狂风，其中有痛苦的刑罚，凡经过的一切，都奉其主的命令而毁灭。（第46章：24-25节）