This SURA of QURÄN, includes the message of five great prophets, and their troubles and sufferings, and results of their strive and endeavour. All of them had one object and the same, and that was to free man from his various fetters and chains, and gather them together under the light of Monotheism guiding them how to tread the path of development and evolution:ِ

      ``And to ÄD,their brother HOOD said:ِ O, my people! Worship Allah. You have no other God than HIM.''

      Hood is called their brother here because he belonged to the same race and society and tribe, and he behaved towards them more like a brother than a citizen or other relatives. Hood's message for his people was the same as that of all the other apostlesِto worship Allah, and associate no one and nothing with him.

      For further information about the place wherein the people of Hood lived, please refer to the TRANSLATOR'S NOTE on volume 2ِpage 437 of this book.

      There are a few points here that deserve more consideration:ِ

      1ِThe principle of the message of all the apostles was MONOTHEISM which is belief in one God as the creator and governor of the universe. In the strict sense, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity are probably the only monothestic religions of the world.

      Monotheism is the source of unity, cooperation, and all sort of mutual assistance in the societies. On contrary, Polytheism is the cause of all disunions and conflicts and differences which result to self-centering, selfishness, and monopolism.

      2ِThe truthful leaders do not demand any wage or reward from their followers for their teaching and leadership. They do not have material needs of people and are connected to them spiritually. If not so, they would be fettered by their necessities, which is said to be the mother of invention and forgeries. Of course those who work full-time for Muslim Societies, must be provided some how in a correct way, and there is the Islamic Public Purse for such purposes.

      3ِQurän proves a clear cut relation between spiritual and physical phenomenons. As an instance; repentance and seeking God's forgiveness, will result in fruitfulness of the land, and abundance of rain, and increase in personal power!

      If we go through the matter a little deeper, we soon come to the conclusion that a society which is plunged in sin, betrayal, theft, oppression, and laziness will never prosper. When a community loses

the spirit of cooperation, learning, good morality, and mutual assistance; will give way to all sorts of misfortune and bad luck, and eventually will disintegrate, and break up and destory its identity.