سورة الحاقة

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): Then Hud continued to call them and prayed for them, and when they did not believe, Allah sent upon them a violent, cold wind, which He describes in Surah al-Qamar thus: The people of ‘Ad [also] denied [their prophet], so [see] how were My punishment and warnings! We sent upon them a terrifying, cold hurricane on a day of continuous ill fortune. (Qamar/19–18) And in Surah al-Haqqa He says: وَ أَمَّا عادٌ فَأُهْلِکُوا بِرِیحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عاتِیَةٍ سَخَّرَها عَلَیْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَیالٍ وَ ثَمانِیَةَ أَیَّامٍ حُسُوماً [And as for ‘Ad, they were destroyed by a furious, roaring wind, which He made to prevail against them for seven nights and eight days unremittingly]. It has been said that during those eight days and seven nights the moon was in the constellation of Saturn, and this is a sign of ill omen.

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): حُسُوماً means successive and consecutive, without any interruption.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Wednesday is a day of continuous ill fortune, because it is the first and the last of the days which Allah the Exalted mentioned in His Book: سَخَّرَها عَلَیْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَیالٍ وَ ثَمانِیَةَ أَیَّامٍ حُسُوماً [which He made to prevail against them for seven nights and eight days unremittingly].

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): When this verse was revealed — "Then your hearts became hardened after that, like a stone, or even harder!" (Baqarah/74) concerning the Jews and the enemies, they said: 'O Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family)! You have supposed that there is nothing in our hearts of aiding the poor and helping the weak and spending for the invalidation of falsehood and the establishment of the truth, and that stones are softer than our hearts and more obedient to Allah than we are? These mountains are before us; come with us to one of these mountains and ask it to bear witness for your truthfulness and our falsification. If it speaks in your confirmation, you are on the truth, and it becomes obligatory upon us to follow you; and if it speaks in your denial or does not speak, know that you are unjust in your claim and [conceited and] self-important in your demand.' The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said: 'Very well, come with us toward whichever of them you wish, so that I may take it as witness to testify in my favor and against you.' So they went toward the hardest and most rugged mountain they had seen and said: 'O Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family)! This is the mountain. Ask it for testimony!' ... The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) moved away to a wide open space. Then he called out to the mountain [and said]: 'O mountain, by the right of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) and his pure family (peace be upon them), those by whose rank and station and by the request of the servants of Allah through them Allah sent upon the people of Ad a terrifying, cold, raging wind that tore the people from their places كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجازُ نَخْلٍ خاوِیَةٍ [as if they were the trunks of hollow palms], and commanded Jibra'il to cry out one cry among the people of Salih (peace be upon him) until they became like the dry plants which are prepared as fodder for the beasts — [I ask you] by the permission of Allah to be uprooted from your place and come here into my presence.' And he placed his hand on the ground before him, and as a result the mountain trembled and moved like a swift hoofed animal until the base of the mountain came near to the finger of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) and clung to it and stood still and called out: 'Here I am, listening to your command and obedient to [your orders], O Messenger of the Lord of the worlds!'