Wind is a blessing or torment of Allah

64. From him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, from Ma’rouf Bin Kharbouz, who said: Abu Ja’far عليه الصلاة والسلام said that ‘Allah عز وجل has winds of Mercy as well as winds of Punishment. So if Allah عز وجل Desires that He عز وجل Turns the winds of Punishment into the winds of Mercy, He عز وجل Does it, but He عز وجل never Makes (winds of ) Mercy to be turned into the wind of Punishment’. He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘And it is never the case that He عز وجل is Merciful to all people who obey Him عز وجل and that their obedience should become an affliction for them, except after theirs having turned from their obedience. He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘That is how He عز وجل Acted with the people of Yunus عليه السلام. When they believed, Allah عز وجل Bestowed mercy upon them after having had Ordained for them the Punishment. He عز وجل had Decided, then Enclosed them with His عز وجل Mercy. So He عز وجل Made the Punishment that was pre-destined for them as a Mercy. He عز وجل Turned it away from them and it had already descended upon them and overwhelmed them, but they pleaded before Him عز وجل’. He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘And as for the wind of the destruction (Al-Aqeem), so it is a wind of Punishment. Neither, does it inseminate anything from the wombs or anything from the seeds, and it is a wind which comes out from the underneath the seven earths, and not a (single) wind came out from it at all except upon the people of Aad when Allah عز وجل was Wrathful against them. So He عز وجل Commanded the Keepers to take from it a measure of the size of a ring’. He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘It rebelled against the Keepers, so there came out from it a measure of the nostril of a bull being wrathful against the people of Aad’. He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘So the Keepers grumbled to Allah عز وجل from that. They said, ‘Our Lord عز وجل! It has rebelled against our orders. We are afraid that it would destroy the ones who have not been disobedient to You عز وجل from Your عز وجل creatures who built Your عز وجل City’. He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘So Allah عز وجل Sent Jibraeel towards it who faced it with both his wings and returned it back to its place and said to it: ‘Come out of the ones whom you have not been Commanded for’. He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘So it came out from the ones against whom it had not been Commanded for, and destroyed the people of Aad and those who were present with them (their supporters)’.