Hazrat Hud Alaihissalam ki ummat jo 'Aad' kehlati thi, wah Allah Ta’ala ke azaab se halaaq ho gayi. Iske baad usmein se jo baaki bache hue log the, wah fir aabad hue. Unki aulad honi shuru hui aur badhti gayi. Unhone apna naam 'Samud' (Thamud) rakha.

Yeh log bhi aahista-aahista but-parasti (idol worship) karne lage aur bure kaamon mein pad gaye. To Allah Ta’ala ne unke paas Hazrat Saleh Alaihissalam ko Nabi bana kar bheja.

Hazrat Saleh (A.S.) Ki Dawat

Unhone apni qaum se kaha ki:

يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ (Surah Hud: 61)
Hazrat Saleh (A.S.) ne farmaya: "Allah ki ibadat karo, Uske siwa tumhara koi Maabood nahin. Aur dekho Allah Ta’ala ne Qaum-e-Hud ke baad tumko sardar banaya aur zameen par aabad kiya".

Unhone aage samjhaya: "Tum zameen mein bade-bade mahal banate ho, aur pahadon ko kaat-kaat kar us par bhi ghar tarashte ho. Tum Allah ki nematon ka shukr ada karo aur zameen mein fasaad mat failao".

Ghamandi Sardaar aur Gareeb Momin

Bachchon! Inki qaum ke ameer aur sardar log jo guroor karte the, unhone un gareebon se poochha jo Hazrat Saleh Alaihissalam par Imaan le aaye the ki:
"Bhala tumko yaqeen hai ki Saleh ko Allah ne Nabi bana kar bheja hai?"

Un gareeb Imaan walon ne mazbooti se kaha: "Haan, hum ko yaqeen hai ki Hazrat Saleh Alaihissalam ko Allah Ta’ala ne Nabi bana kar bheja hai".

Is par magroor ameer kehne lage ki: "Achha tum Imaan lao, hum to Imaan nahin laate".

Allah Ki Oontni (The Miracle)

Hazrat Saleh Alaihissalam barabar Allah Ta’ala ka paigham unko pahunchate rahe, magar koi unki na sunta balki ulta mazaak udate. Aakhir bachchon! In logon ne faisla kar liya ki Hazrat Saleh Alaihissalam se kaha jaye ki:

Qaum ki maang: "Agar tum sacche Nabi ho to us pahad mein se Oontni paida kar do. Agar aisa hua to hum aap par Imaan le aayenge aur jaanenge ki aap sacche Nabi hain".

Hazrat Saleh Alaihissalam ne Allah se dua ki, aur Allah Ta’ala to sab kuch kar sakte hain. Allah Ta’ala ne Hazrat Saleh ki dua qubool ki aur ek pahadi mein se Oontni ko paida kar diya.

هَـٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةُ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ ءَايَةً (Surah Al-A'raf: 73)

Lekin bachchon! Unki qaum yeh sachchai dekhne ke baad fir bhi Imaan na layi. Yeh Allah ki Oontni aisi thi ki jis chashme (water spring) par jakar paani peeti thi, sab paani khatm kar deti thi.

Hazrat Saleh Alaihissalam ne apni qaum se kaha ki:
"Dekho, is Oontni ke liye baari muqarrar (fix) kar lo. Ek roz tumhare janwar chashme se paani piyein aur ek roz yeh Oontni piye".

Unhone sakhti se manaa kiya: "Dekho isko buri neeyat se haath na lagana, yaani isko takleef na pahunchana, warna tumhare haq mein achha na hoga".

Oontni Ka Qatl aur Azaab

Bachchon! Kuch roz tak to wah Oontni ko hairat se dekhte rahe, aakhir unki qaum ke chand logon ne mashwara karke Oontni ko maar dala.

Hazrat Saleh Alaihissalam ko iski khabar hui to unko bahut ranj (dukh) hua aur unhone aakhri chetawani (warning) di:

Aakhri Warning: "Ab tum log apne gharon mein teen roz (3 days) aur maze kar lo, iske baad Allah ka azaab aayega jo tum sab ko khatm kar dega".

Chunanche bachchon! Aisa hi hua. Teen din guzarne ke baad Allah ka waada poora hua. Allah Ta’ala ne Hazrat Saleh Alaihissalam aur un logon ko bacha liya jo un par Imaan le aaye the (yaani Musalman ho gaye the).

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَـٰثِمِينَ (Surah Al-A'raf: 78)

Lekin jin logon ne Imaan laane se inkaar kiya tha aur Oontni ko maara tha, un par ek badi haibatnaak aur khaufnaak aawaaz (Chinghad) ka azaab aaya. Yeh aawaaz itni tez thi ki usse unke kaleje phat gaye aur wah apne gharon mein mooh ke bal ondhe pade reh gaye aur mar gaye.

Sabaq (Lesson)

Bachchon! Is kahani se humein ye sabak milta hai ki:

1. Nafarmani ka Anjaam: Jo log Khuda ke hukm par nahin chalte aur Paighambaron ka kehna nahin maante, unka haal bura hota hai.
2. Allah ki Nishani: Allah ki nishanio (miracles) ka mazaak nahi udana chahiye.
3. Nasihat: Allah Ta’ala hum sab ko apne azaab se bachaye aur apni aur apne Rasool (S.A.W) ki ita’at (farmabardari) naseeb kare. Aameen.