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one of the prophets in Islam

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Hud, also written as Houd, is a male figure identified as a prophet of Islam. He was born in Hadhramaut and worked as a preacher and merchant. The name is written as هود in Arabic. In Islamic tradition, he was replaced by Salih.

The name Hud is also associated with a musical group. This artist has accumulated 70,964 plays and 2,737 listeners on Last.fm. The group is tagged with funk_add_to_lidarr_batch_11.

Additionally, an author named G. Hud has published 74 works. Notable titles include *Happy Birthday*, *How Does My Butthole Hold My Poop In?*, and *How to Bull Shit Your Way to the Top*. The subject Hud is referenced by 303 other encyclopedia articles.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of birth
Hadhramaut
Occupation
merchant
Position held
prophet of Islam
Languages spoken
Arabic
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Hud causes two kings of Ad to be tossed up in the air.jpg
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different from
Hud
replaced by
Salih
Commons category
Houd
name in native language
هود
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Encyclopedic overview

Hūd (Arabic: هود‎), sometimes called Eber, is believed in Islam to have been a messenger sent to ancient Arabia before Muhammad. Hud is repeatedly mentioned in the Quran whose eleventh chapter is also named after him (although only a small portion of it is actually about him).

Historical context

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hud” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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