Hazrat Hud — Page 8
the desert and enjoy the warmth there. They were very cultured and civilised people who had made great advances in science and especially in architecture. They had working factories which produced all sorts of goods needed in the home, and mechanical works which produced weapons. They built tall and grand buildings in high places. They had managed to achieve all this whilst other peoples who lived in the same time were far less advanced and uncivilised. Traces of these once tall and beautiful buildings can still be seen a few miles from Aden (Yemen). These ruins are the only sign that these once powerful people ever existed. 8