Story of Hud

AL-ARAF (THE HEIGHTS) : 65-72

7:65. To the 'Ad people, (We sent) Hud, one of their (own) brethren: He said: O my people! worship Allah! ye have no other god but Him will ye not fear (Allah)?"

7:66. The leaders of the Unbelievers among hieople said: "Ah! we see thou art an imbecile!" and "We think thou art a liar!"
7:67. He said: "O my people! I am no imbecile, but (I am) a messenger from the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds!
7:68. "I but fulfil towards you the duties of my Lord's mission: I am to you a sincere and trustworthy adviser.

7:69. "Do ye wonder that there hath come to you a message from your Lord through a man of your own people, to warn you? call in remembrance that He made you inheritors after the people of Noah, and gave you a stature tall among the nations. Call in remembrance the benefits (ye have received) from Allah: that so ye may prosper."
7:70. They said: "Comest thou to us, that we may worship Allah alone, and give up the cult of our fathers? bring us what thou threatenest us with, if so be that thou tellest the truth!"

7:71. He said: "Punishment and wrath have already come upon you from your Lord: dispute ye with me over names which ye have devised - ye and your fathers,- without authority from Allah? then wait: I am amongst you, also waiting."
7:72. We saved him and those who adhered to him. By Our mercy, and We cut off the roots of those who rejected Our signs and did not believe.