Verses 23–29

1.Although the nation of the Aad were living in the desert they were rich both from the material as well as the spiritual aspect. The Creator of the Universe had bestowed them with power and also given them the bounties of sight, hearing and feelings. They did not pay any heed to the teachings of Hud (a.s.) and the limit was that even though their chief brought faith in Hud (a.s.) yet they refused to listen. Thus the Almighty sent the punishment of famine and this continued for a long time. When they still did not come to the right path the Almighty used a new method of chastisement. So that only the wrong doers were destroyed and the rest did not suffer any harm if they were present in their midst. The method was that a cloud was seen approaching. People came under it in expectation of rain. But instead of water it rained fire and all the people below it were reduced to ashes. Neither the comfort of the world was of any help to them nor their power. Rather the bounties of Allah became the proof (Hujjat), that in spite of having eyes and ears why did they not see and hear, and why they did not try to understand? It should be clear that such people are present in every age and they shall be present in every age who did not value the bounties of Allah and continued to disbelieve in the divine representatives. The fact is that the Islamic nation is safe from retribution due to the barakat of Rahmatallil Aalameen (Mercy for the worlds) otherwise this nation is in no way less deviated and disgraceful than the people of Aad.

2.The Jinns have been mentioned at many places in the Holy Quran and this proves that they are creatures of Allah whose conditions are very much similar to those of the human beings. The only way one could learn about them is through divine revelation because they are invisible to human eyes. A detailed description of the Jinns is given in the Surah Jinn. Shaitan himself is mentioned to be from the genre of Jinns. Whatever is mentioned on this point is a lesson for the people. That when the Jinns heard the Quran they brought faith in it and also began to call others towards it. They began to say Labbaik (Here we come) in response to the call of the caller of Allah. While the human beings in spite of their claim of being the Asharaful Makhlooqaat (the greatest among the creation) listens constantly to the ayat of Quran but there is no effect on his heart or mind. Jinns are much better than such people. It should be c!ear that the confirmation of the existence of Jinns does not prove the daily rumours that we hear about the activities of Jinns and the way they are exercised. The majority of these incidents are nothing but doubt and conjecture and that is the reason that they affect only the ignorant commoners and the Jinns only visit these people. The intellectuals and educated people are not affected by these things.