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39-2480: [REDACTED] Look up Shuaib in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shoaib ( Urdu : شعیب ) is an Urdu Islamic male given name of Arabic origin (cf. Shuaib ), which to a much lesser extent is also used as a surname. Notable people with surname [ edit ] Muhammad Shoaib (1907–1997), Pakistani finance minister Samia Shoaib (born 1983), Pakistani-British actress, filmmaker and writer Notable people with given name [ edit ] Shoaib Aamer (born 1968), Pakistani former cricketer Shoaib Abbasi (born 1956), Pakistani-American business executive Shoaib Ahmed (businessman) (born 1964), Indian entrepreneur Shoaib Ahmed (Indian cricketer) (born 1987), Indian cricketer Shoaib Ahmed (Pakistani cricketer) (born 1990), Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh , Pakistani fraudster Shoaib Akhtar (born 1975), former Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Akhtar (cricketer, born 1982) , Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Hashmi (born 1995), Pakistani playwright and actor Shoaib Ibrahim (born 1987), Indian television actor Shoaib Iqbal , Indian politician Shoaib Khaliq (born 1991), Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Khan (cricketer, born 1985) (born 1985), Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Khan (cricketer, born 1978) (born 1978), Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik (born 1982), Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Mansoor (born 1952), Pakistani television and film director Shoaib Mir , Pakistani bureaucrat Shoaib Mohammad (born 1961), former Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Nasir (born 1983), Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Sarwar (born 1986), United Arab Emirates cricketer Shoaib Shaikh (born 1987), Indian cricketer Muhammad Shoaib Siddiqui (born 1969), Pakistani politician Shoaib Sultan (born 1973), Norwegian analyst and politician of Pakistani descent Shoaib Sultan Khan (born 1933), Pakistani social worker Shoaib Tauheed (1960–2007), Pakistani physiologist References [ edit ] ^ "Shoaib Surname Distribution" . forebears.io . Retrieved August 2, 2018 . Approximately 211,253 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: Pakistan; Highest density in: Pakistan. ^ "Statistics and meaning of name Shoaib" . namespedia.com . Retrieved August 2, 2018 . Usage: 67% firstname, 33% surname. Shoaib first name

78-449: A miracle , which is pointed by the verse of 54-57: (54-55) "All we can say is that some of our gods have smitten you with evil." He replied: "I call God to witness, and you be witness too, that I am clear of what you associate (in your affairs) ... Apart from Him. Contrive against me as much as you like, and give me no respite. (56) I place my trust in God who is my Lord and your Lord. There

117-411: A mulk ( Arabic : مُلك , kingdom) named after its founder, 'Ad , a fourth-generation descendant of Noah (his father being Uz , the son of Aram , who was the son of Shem , who in turn was a son of Noah): The ʿĀd people, with their prophet Hud, are mentioned in many places. See especially 26:123–140 , and 46:21–26 . Their eponymous ancestor ʿAd was fourth in generation from Noah, having been

156-582: A furious wind, on a day of unrelenting misery, Exegesis experts describe ar-Rīḥ ash-Sharshar ( ٱلرِّيْح ٱلشَّرْشَر , the cold and harsh wind) as literally freezing yet possess thunderous deafening voice, and according to Tafsir Ibn Kathir, the strength of such punishing winds alone has squeezed the peoples of Ad inside out, until their intestines came out from their rectum and mouths. Nevertheless, modern contemporary scholars such as Al-Tahawi , Wahbah al-Zuhayli , and other scholars from Islamic University of Madinah and Saudi religious ministry has interpreted

195-640: A mighty earthquake. The Qur'an, however, mentions that Shuʿayb, and his believing companions, were rescued from the thunderous punishment. Shuayb's mission is often mentioned in the Qur'an with the mission of Noah, Hud, Saleh and Lot. Scholars have pointed out that these five prophets exemplify the early prophetic missions: The prophet would be sent to his community; the community would pay no attention to his warning and would instead threaten him with punishment; after years of preaching, God would ask him to leave his community, while his people were subsequently destroyed in

234-568: A punishment. Scholars chronologically interpret the listing of the five prophets, so Shuʿayb was a descendant of Noah (preached about the Great Flood ) and Abraham. One claimed tomb of Shuayb is found in Jordan , 2 km (1.2 mi) west of the town of Mahis , in an area called Wādī Shuʿayb ( Arabic : وَادِي شُـعَـيْـب ). The Galilean Shrine of Shu'ayb : the Druze believe the tomb of Nabi Shu'ayb

273-457: A settlement was discovered and hypothesized to be Ubar , which is thought to be mentioned in the Qur'an as Iram dhāt al-ʿImād (" Iram of the Pillars " or "Iram of the tentpoles"), and may have been the capital of ʿĀd. One of the members of the original expedition, archeologist Juris Zarins , however, later concluded that the discovery did not represent a city called Ubar. In a 1996 interview on

312-587: A son of 'Aus, the son of Aram, the son of Sam, the son of Noah. They occupied a large tract of country in Southern Arabia , extending from Umman at the mouth of the Persian Gulf to Hadhramaut and Yemen at the southern end of the Red Sea . The people were tall in stature and were great builders. Probably the long, winding tracts of sands ( ahqaf ) in their dominions (46:21) were irrigated with canals. They forsook

351-506: Is "sterile" in this verse's context, which correlates the antithesis of common characteristic of natural winds that usually benefitted the natural cycle, or any biological progressions or reproductions, whether for humans, animals or plants. In addition for its barren characteristic, another verse also described additional features about the catastrophic tornado which decimated the 'Ad is in Surah Al-Qamar : Indeed, We sent against them

390-496: Is a local tradition spewing from the reverence the locals have for Hud. Hud is referred to in the Baháʼí Faith as a Prophet who appeared after Noah and prior to Abraham, who exhorted the people to abandon idolatry and practice monotheism. His endeavors to save His people resulted in their "willful blindness" and His rejection. (The Kitab-i-Iqan, The Book of Certitude, p. 9) Judaism and Christianity do not venerate Hud as

429-526: Is a place of frequent Muslim pilgrimage . Robert Bertram Serjeant , in his study of the pilgrimage rite to the tomb of Hud, verified on the spot the facts related by Al-Harawi , who described, at the gate of the Mosque , on the west side, the rock onto which Hud climbed to make the call to prayer , and mentioned the grotto of Balhut at the bottom of the ravine. Around the tomb and neighborhood, various ancient ruins and inscriptions have been found. However, as

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468-430: Is also said he told his people to stop being dishonest in their daily activities. Although he preached and prophesied for a sustained period of time, the majority of the people refused to listen to him. Shuayb, however, remained steadfast. He consistently preached powerfully against the wicked, telling them of the punishment that had befallen the sinful before them. Shuʿayb warned the people that their ignorance would lead to

507-452: Is further highlighted by Firanda Andirja, lecturer of Al- Masjid al-Haram . After Hud has been left alone by the people of ʿĀd for a long time. The majority of them, however, refused to pay any notice to his teachings and they kept ignoring and mocking all he said. As their aggression, arrogance and idolatry deepened, God, after plenty of warning, sent a thunderous storm to finish the wicked people of ʿĀd once and for all. The destruction of

546-508: Is located near Hittin , in the Lower Galilee . Each year, on the 25th of April, the Druze gather at the site to discuss community affairs. There is also a tomb in the southwest of Iran (in the village Guriyeh , Shushtar ) which has been recorded as the tomb of Shuayb. Hud (prophet) Hud or Hood or Eber in other traditions, ( Arabic : هُودٌ , romanized :  Hūd )

585-433: Is no creature that moves on the earth who is not held by the forelock firmly by Him. Verily the way of my Lord is straight. (57) If you turn away, then (remember) I have delivered to you the message I was sent with. My Lord will put other people in your place, and you will not be able to prevail against Him. Indeed my Lord keeps a watch over all things." Both Ibn Qayyim and Ibn Abi al-Izz, examining this chain of verses as

624-713: Is often the case with the graves of prophets, other locations have been listed. A possible location for his qabr ( Arabic : قَبْر , grave) is said to be near the Zamzam Well in Saudi Arabia , or in the south wall of the Umayyad Mosque in Syria . Some scholars have added that the Masjid has an inscription stating: Haḏā Maqām Hūd ( Arabic : هَٰذَا مَقَام هُوْد , "This is (the) Tomb of Hud"); others, however, suggest that this belief

663-497: Is only from the One Who created me. Will you not then understand? 11:52 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.” 11:53 They argued, “O Hûd! You have not given us any clear proof, and we will never abandon our gods upon your word, nor will we believe in you. 11:54 All we can say

702-455: Is perfect justice. 11:57 But if you turn away, I have already delivered to you what I have been sent with. My Lord will replace you with others. You are not harming Him in the least. Indeed, my Lord is a ˹vigilant˺ Keeper over all things.” According to a tafsir from Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya in his book of analysis, Madaarij Saalikeen , which has been quoted by Ibn Abi al-Izz in his syarh (commentary) of Al-Aqida al-Tahawiyya , Hud has

741-455: Is that some of our gods have possessed you with evil.” He said, “I call Allah to witness, and you too bear witness, that I ˹totally˺ reject whatever you associate 11:55 with Him ˹in worship˺. So let all of you plot against me without delay! 11:56 I have put my trust in Allah—my Lord and your Lord. There is no living creature that is not completely under His control. Surely my Lord’s Way

780-404: Is understood by Muslims as one of the four Arabian prophets sent by God. It is said that he was known by Muslims as "the eloquent preacher amongst the prophets", because he was, according to tradition, granted talent and eloquence in his language. The Druze revere Shuaib as an important figure in their faith, and hold an annual pilgrimage to Nabi Shu'ayb , the purported location of his tomb, in

819-500: The Lord raised up Hud as a prophet for the ʿĀd people. According to a tafsir of the whole Surah Hud by scholars, the 'Ad were a powerful empire that preceded the era of Abraham and Nimrod , and they were tyrannically oppressive towards other civilizations at that time. When Hud started preaching and invited them to the worship of only the true God and when he told them to repent for their past sins and ask for mercy and forgiveness,

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858-569: The Lower Galilee . The area to which Shuʿayb was sent to is named Madyan in the Qur'an, known in English as Midian , which is frequently referred to in the Hebrew Bible . The Midianites were said to be of Arab descent, though being neighbors of the Biblical Canaanites , they intermixed with them. It is said they were a wandering tribe, and that their principal territory at the time of Moses

897-469: The characteristic of winds that bear calamity were Adh-Dhariyat : And in ˹the story of˺ ’Âd ˹was another lesson,˺ when We sent against them the devastating wind. Exegesis experts translate Ar-Rīḥ al-ʿAqīm ( ٱلرِّيْح ٱلْعَقِيْم ) literally as "fruitless wind" or "barren wind", a wind that does not bring benefit or any positive reaction to any biological existences. According to Arabic linguists and tafseer experts who examined al-Aqeem , its literal form

936-500: The destruction of Midian, giving historical examples of earlier prophets, including Noah , Hud , Saleh and Lot , all of whose people had been destroyed by God. The people taunted Shuʿayb and told him that, were it not for the prestigious family he came from, he would surely have been stoned to death. Shuayb replied, "Is my family of more consideration with you than God?" When the Midianites refused to believe, they were destroyed by

975-408: The fourteenth or fifteenth century, that romanticised Ubar and turned it into a city, rather than a region or a people. The Moroccan mystic Abdulaziz ad-Dabbagh gives detailed information about Hud: According to him, 53:50 alludes to the fact that Hud was sent to the second ʿAd tribe, which lived after Noah. The first 'Ad tribe had a messenger named Huwayd, whose message was to be revived by Hud, and

1014-458: The identification with Jethro, who lived at the time of Moses, purportedly hundreds of years after Abraham. The Qur'an states that Shuaib was appointed by God to be a prophet to the people of Midian. The people of this land were said to be especially notorious for cheating others through dishonesty and for idolatry. Shuʿayb's prophecy mainly involved calling the Midianites to the correct path of God, and forbidding them to worship false gods. It

1053-481: The interpretation from Al-Tabari of Quran 69:6-129 were narrated about the disaster which caused the extinction of ʿĀd. Wahbah al-Zuhayli , Salih bin Abdullah al Humaid , Imam of Grand Mosque of Mecca, along with the officials of Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance also agreed the verse were speaking about the punishment from God towards ʿĀd peoples. Meanwhile, another Quran verse that describe further

1092-601: The neighborhood. The other tribes said to be present at this time in Arabia , were the Thamud, Jurhum , Tasam, Jadis, Amim, Midian , Amalek Imlaq, Jasim, Qahtan , Banu Yaqtan and others. The Quran gives the location of ʿĀd as being Al-Aḥqāf ( Arabic : ٱلْأَحقَاف , "The Sandy Plains", or "The Wind-curved Sand-hills"). It is believed to have been in South Arabia , possibly in eastern Yemen and/or western Oman . In November 1991,

1131-629: The occurrence when Hud fought alone against entire nation of 'Ad, the entire city was about to harm him both psychologically and physically, only to be defeated by miraculous power shown by Hud, which resulted from his firm belief to the protection from God. Umar Sulaiman Al-Ashqar , a Salafi scholar of Tafsir, quoted this literation in his book, while his brother, Muhammad Sulaiman Al Ashqar, professor of Islamic University of Madinah , also implied his support of this narrative about Hud's miracle, in his own tafsir, Zubdat at Tafsir Min Fath al Qadir . The miracle

1170-483: The subject, he said: If you look at the classical texts and the Arab historical sources, Ubar refers to a region and a group of people, not to a specific town. People always overlook that. It's very clear on Ptolemy's second century map of the area. It says in big letters "Iobaritae". And in his text that accompanied the maps, he's very clear about that. It was only the late medieval version of One Thousand and One Nights , in

1209-500: The tribe was destroyed with stones and fire by God. Hud was Eber's son (see Eber in Islam for his genealogy) and Iram was the name of one of the tribes of 'Ad, specifically the one Hud was sent to (see Iram in the Qur'an ). This is a brief summary of Hud's narrative, with emphasis on two particular verses : The people of ʿĀd were extremely powerful and wealthy and they built countless buildings and monuments to show their power. However,

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1248-670: The true God, and oppressed their people. A three years famine visited them, but yet they took no warning. At length a terrible blast of wind destroyed them and their land, but a remnant, known as the second ʿĀd or the Thamud (see below) were saved, and afterwards suffered a similar fate for their sins. The tomb of the Prophet Hud (qabr Nabi Hud) is still traditionally shown in Hadhramaut, latitude 16 N, and longitude 49 1 ⁄ 2 E, about 90 miles north of Mukalla . There are ruins and inscriptions in

1287-465: The verses of Al-Qamar from 18th verse to the 20th verse were narrating the story about the process of the calamity upon ʿĀd. There are several hadiths from various chains that became supporting materials regarding Calamity that has fallen upon the ʿĀd peoples, such as: Several sites are revered as the tomb of Hud. The most noted site, Qabr Hud , is located in a village in Hadhramaut , Yemen, and

1326-539: The ʿĀd is described in the Quran: Then when they saw the torment as a ˹dense˺ cloud approaching their valleys, they said ˹happily˺, “This is a cloud bringing us rain.” ˹But Hûd replied,˺ “No, it is what you sought to hasten: a ˹fierce˺ wind carrying a painful punishment!” It destroyed everything by the command of its Lord, leaving nothing visible except their ruins. This is how We reward the wicked people. The King Saud University from The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia stated

1365-657: The ʿĀd people began to revile him and wickedly began to mock God's message. Hud's story epitomizes the prophetic cycle common to the early prophets mentioned in the Quran: the prophet is sent to his people to tell them to worship God only and tells them to acknowledge that it is God who is the provider of their blessings The Quran states: 11:50 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˺. 11:51 O my people! I do not ask you for any reward for this ˹message˺. My reward

1404-440: The ʿĀd people's wealth ultimately proved to be their source of pride, as they became arrogant and forsook God and began to adopt idols for worship, including three named Samd , Samud and Hara . Hud, even in childhood, remained consistent in prayer to God. It is related through exegesis that Hud's mother, a pious woman who had seen great visions at her son's birth, was the only person who encouraged Hud in his worship. Thus,

1443-665: Was a prophet and messenger of ancient Arabia mentioned in the Quran . The eleventh chapter of the Quran, Hud , is named after him, though the narrative of Hud comprises only a small portion of the chapter. Hud has sometimes been identified with Eber , an ancestor of the Ishmaelites and the Israelites who is mentioned in the Old Testament . Hud is said to have been a subject of

1482-460: Was found 2398 times in 35 different countries. Surname Shoaib is used at least 1130 times in at least 22 countries. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shoaib&oldid=1253480607 " Categories : Urdu masculine given names Masculine given names Urdu-language surnames Hidden category: Articles containing Urdu-language text Shuaib Alongside Hud , Saleh and Muhammad , Shuaib

1521-590: Was the Sinai Peninsula . Jethro is mentioned in the Bible (Exodus 3:1) as the father in law of Moses. Although Shuaib is frequently identified with the Midianite priest Jethro, most modern scholars reject this identification. Classical commentators, such as ibn Kathir , say Shuʿayb was a great-grandson of Abraham: Shuʿayb is believed to have been the son of Mikil, son of Midian, son of Abraham. That would render impossible

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