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Hud , a pre-Qur'anic prophet of Islam. Hud unsuccessfully exhorted his South Arabian people, the Ad, to worship the One God. The Qur'an mentions that their incredulity was punished by a decimating "sterilizing wind" ( ar-rih al-aqim ). While some traditions support the etymological identification of Hud with the biblical Heber, other accounts represent him as a southern Arabian merchant. Several sites are revered as Hud's tomb, the most notable being in Yemen. Hud is also linked to monuments in Mecca and Damascus. Bibliography: See R. B. Serjeant, Hud and Other Pre-Islamic Prophets of... Read more

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HUD Aeronautics, Computing head-up display • (USA) (Department of) Housing and Urban Development Read more

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HUD / həd / • abbr. ∎ (Department of) Housing and Urban Development. ∎ head-up display. Read more

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