- With the recent Hurricane and seeing its adverse effects throughout the East Coast, we are reminded of the Power of Allah…You know, before the hurricane reached New York, they were saying severe wind warnings and power outages likely….The city of Schenctady had declared a state of emergency. 12,000 flights were delayed and/or canceled due to the weather…. I was reminded of two nations that were destroyed by Allah SWT in the past… Have you not considered h ow your Lord dealt w ith 'Aad – [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars, The likes of whom had never bee n created in the land? And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rock s in the valley? - What was their crime? For what were they destroyed? The answer, we find in the Quran…. Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity. - My brothers and sisters, do we not also deny the day of Qiyamah? I mean, by speech, by our tongues, we believe…but our actions say otherwise. As the saying goes “ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS” So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast]. - The word Thagiyah is derived from tughyan which means 'to exceed the limit', signifying an extremely severe punishment, that is, 'it would be such high pitched sound which would exceed the limit of any of the sounds of the mortal world, and the human heart or brain would not be able to bear'. When Thamud exceeded the limit in denying the Day of Judgement, they were destroyed by that dreadful cry which exceeded all I limits. It was a combination of most high pitched sound of thunderbolt ' together with a flash of lightning that struck them which tore their hearts. And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind