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Hūd (Biblical figure)

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Personal name headingHūd (Biblical figure)
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Variant(s)ʻĀbir (Biblical figure)
ʻEber (Biblical figure)
Found inVisits and customs, c1998: t.p. (the Prophet Hūd) added t.p. (Nabī Allāh Hūd)
Shorter encycl. of Islam, 1974: (Hūd, the prophet who, according to the Ḳurʼān, appeared among the ʻĀd. He is also identified with ʻĀbir, the Biblical ʻEber, the ancestor of the Hebrews; in another reference he is called the son of ʻĀbir. Perhaps ... an allegorical figure)