(58) When Our Command came, We delivered Hūd and those who have Believed with him by Mercy from Us; We delivered them from a dense punishment[2568].
[2568] This punishment could be either the Punishment that will come in the Hereafter (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Wāḥidī, al-Basīṭ, al-Qurṭubī), or the frightful punishment that actually befell the ʿĀd (cf. al-Baghawī, al-Saʿdī).