The Prophet Nuh عليه السلام ( Part 2 )

بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
In the Name of Allah,
the most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

From Statues to idols

Sons saw their fathers looking for blessings through

the statues and saw how much respect they had for 

them. They saw them kiss the statues, dress them 

and pray to Allah in their presence. They saw them 

lower their heads and bow down in their presence.

When the fathers passed away, the sons added to

what their fathers had done. They began to prostrate

themselves before them, to ask the statues for things

and to sacrifice animals to them. In this way the statues

were turned into idols. 

People began to worship them as they had worshipped

Allah before. They had a lot of these idols. One was 

Wadd. Another was Suwa'. This was Yaghuth. That
was Ya'uq. Another was Nasr.

Allah's anger

 

Allah became very angry with the people. He cursed

them. How could Allah not be angry with the people

because of what they were doing? Was this what they

were created for? Was this what they were given 

provision for?

They walked on Allah's earth, but rejected Allah!

They ate Allah's provision, but associated others

with Allah! How terrible a sin!

Allah was so angry with the people that He held

back the rain and made things hard for them. Their

harvests were small and few children were born to 

them.

But the people did not learn their lesson from that,

they did not understand. They did not turn to Allah

in repentance. They needed good counsel.

The Messenger

Allah does not speak to each person individually or

tell each one to do this or do that. The angels are a 

race just like mankind. It is possible to see them and

hear what they say, If Allah wills. But the angels do 

not speak to each person individually either, or tell 

each one to do this or do that. Only Allah can choose

the person who will receive His message to the people

who could speak to them and counsel.
 

Man or angel ?

Allah wanted this messenger to be a man and to be 

one of the people. That way they would recognize

him and understand what he said.

If the messenger had been an angel, the people might

say, 'what has he got to do with us? He is an angel 

and  we are mortals ! We eat and drink and we have 

wives and children. How can we worship Allah ?' But

if the messenger were a man, he could answer, 'I eat

and drink ; I have a wife and children. But I worship 

Allah. Why don't you worship Allah ?'

If the messenger had been an angel, the people might 

say to him, 'You do not get hungry or thirsty. You do

not get ill or die. So you can worship Allah and reme-

mber Him always!' But if the messenger were a man,

he could answer, ' I am just like you. I get hungry and

thirsty. I get ill and will die. But I worship Allah and 

remember Him. So why don't you worship Allah? 

Why don't you remember Him?' In this way the 

people would not be able to make up excuses.

Stories of the Prophets 

by Sayyed Abul Hassan Ali Nadwi