Houd

( 1 syl. ), a prophet sent to preach repentance to the Adites ( 2 syl. ), and to reprove their King Shedad for his pride. As the Adites and their king refused to hear the prophet, God sent on the kingdom first a drought of three years’ duration, and then the Sarsar or icy wind for seven days, so that all the people perished. Houd is written “Hûd” in Sale’s Korân , i. Then stood the prophet Houd and cried, “Woe! woe to Irem! woe to Ad! Death is gone up into her palaces! Woe! woe! a day of guilt and punishment! A day of desolation!” Southey, Thalaba, the Destroyer , i. 41 (1797).