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The stories of Hud and Salih are somewhat similar to the story of Noah, the
flood and the Ark. They are all symbolic. In the Bahá'í Writings we find
explained the significance of such terms as Noah's Ark, the flood, the she-camel
and other incidents. For example, 'Abdu'l-Bahá in a Tablet(3) explains that the
she-camel was symbolic of the holy spirit of Salih, and the milk was symbolic of
the spiritual food which his spirit offered to the people. The significance of
the she-camel being hamstrung is the suffering inflicted by the wicked people on
that holy soul, Salih. The spring of water which the people denied to the
she-camel signifies life on this earth. The people were so attached to earthly
things that they could not recognize the gifts of God to them, and so they rose
up in opposition to Salih, and when he departed from their midst they became
deprived of his spiritual influence. His absence was the calamity which caused
them to be deprived of the bounties of God and consequently they perished
spiritually. There is a chapter in the Qur'án known as the Surah of Hud. It
tells the story of all the Prophets including Hud and Salih. It describes how
they were all denied, opposed and persecuted by their own people. Bahá'u'lláh
refers to this in the Kitáb-i-Íqán:
(Adib Taherzadeh, The Revelation of Baha'u'llah v 4, p. 427)
I found this in "Ocean"
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