And to the people of ’Âd We sent their brother Hûd. He said, “O my people! Worship Allah. You have no god other than Him. You do nothing but fabricate lies ˹against Allah˺.O my people! I do not ask you for any reward for this ˹message˺. My reward is only from the One Who created me. Will you not then understand?And O my people! Seek your Lord’s forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance. He will shower you with rain in abundance, and add strength to your strength. So do not turn away, persisting in wickedness.”Quran 11:50~52Surah Hud
The mention of Prophet Hud occurs more time in this Surah than any other Surah of the Qur’an. It appears a total of 5 times.
The Prophet refered to this surah as Hud in a number of hadeeth. Abu Bakr once said to the Prophet, ‘O Messenger of Allah, you have become old.’ The Prophet said, ‘I have become old [due to] [Surah] Hud, al-Waqiah [56], al-Murasalat [77], Amma yatasailoon [an-Naba 78] and Waidha ash-Shamsu kuwirat [at-Takweer 81].” [Tirmidhee]
There are 123 Ayat in this Surah.
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وَإِلَىٰ عَادٍ أَخَاهُمۡ هُودࣰاۚ قَالَ یَـٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَـٰهٍ غَیۡرُهُۥۤۖ 
إِنۡ أَنتُمۡ إِلَّا مُفۡتَرُونَ

یَـٰقَوۡمِ لَاۤ أَسۡءَلُكُمۡ عَلَیۡهِ أَجۡرًاۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِیَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلَّذِی فَطَرَنِیۤۚ 
أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ

وَیَـٰقَوۡمِ ٱسۡتَغۡفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمۡ 
ثُمَّ تُوبُوۤا۟ إِلَیۡهِ یُرۡسِلِ ٱلسَّمَاۤءَ عَلَیۡكُم مِّدۡرَارࣰا 
وَیَزِدۡكُمۡ قُوَّةً إِلَىٰ قُوَّتِكُمۡ 
وَلَا تَتَوَلَّوۡا۟ مُجۡرِمِینَ
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In this Surah we have the stories of Prophets Noah, Salih, Hud, Lot, Shuaib and Moses – peace be upon them all. The basic point is that Allah sent His Prophets and Messengers to mankind out of His grace and mercy, but when people did not listen to the Prophets and rejected their message then Allah’s punishment came and came relentlessly. It did not make any difference whether someone was the son of a Prophet or his wife or any one, none could escape Allah’s judgment.
اور ہم نے عاد کی طرف ان کے بھائی ہود (کو بھیجا) 
انہوں نے کہا کہ میری قوم! 
خدا ہی کی عبادت کرو، 
اس کے سوا تمہارا کوئی معبود نہیں۔ 
تم (شرک کرکے خدا پر) محض 
بہتان باندھتے ہو 

میری قوم! 
میں اس (وعظ و نصیحت) کا تم سے کچھ صلہ نہیں مانگتا۔ 
میرا صلہ تو اس کے ذمّے ہے 
جس نے مجھے پیدا کیا۔ 
بھلا تم سمجھتے کیوں نہیں؟ 

اور اے قوم! 
اپنے پروردگار سے بخشش مانگو 
پھر اس کے آگے توبہ کرو۔ 
وہ تم پر آسمان سے موسلادھار مینہ برسائے گا 
اور تمہاری طاقت پر طاقت بڑھائے گا اور (دیکھو) گنہگار بن کر 
روگردانی نہ کرو
Sections:
Seek forgiveness from Allah and His bounties will be for you.
Patience and good deeds bring the stability in character.
The story of Prophet Noah -peace be upon him.
The fate of those who disbelieved in Prophet Noah. The moving description of the fate of Prophet Noah’s son.
The Message of Prophet Hud. ‘Ad people denied Allah’s message and were punished.
The Message of Prophet Saleh, the Sign of the She-Camel, and end of Thamud.
Prophet Ibrahim receives the angles. The angels then went to Prophet Lot. The punishment of the people of Lot -peace be upon him.
Prophet Shu’aib and his message, his people’s denial and their punishment.
Prophet Moses was sent to Pharaoh and his people. The purpose of these stories.
Prophets were denied before. Continue presenting the message with patience. Had Allah forced His will upon the people, He would have made them all one people.