The story of prophet NOAH. PART(2)

CALL TO ALLAH ُS ONENESS


One day the people heard Noah saying:

“O people, I’m Allah’s messenger for you. Allah created you. He bestows upon you. Ask him for forgiveness. He’ll forgive you. He sends down rain to you. He makes your land green. He gives you sons and daughters. Why do you worship idols? Why do you turn away from worshipping Allah, the One and Only?

“Look at the wide sky full of stars! Look at the moon and the sun! Think of death! Why do people die?

“You’ve made idols of stone. You’ve called them wadd, Sawā"،, Yaghūth, Ya،ūq and Nasr.

Do you think that idols bestow upon you, give you children and sent down rain to you? Do you think that they protect you from thunderbolts and floods? If not, why don’t you worship Allah?”

The people looked at each other and asked one another: “Why does this carpenter (Noah) abuse our idols? Why does he insult Wadd, Sawā"،, Yaghūth, Ya،ūq and Nasr?”

The strong bore malice against Noah. They hated his call and words. For Noah summoned them to justice and brotherhood. He wanted his people to live freely. He wanted to prevent the rich and the strong from enslaving the poor and the oppressed.

For this reason, people hated Noah. Concerning him, they said: “Noahُs mad. He’s a mere poor carpenter. If he was Allah’s messenger, he’d have the treasures of the earth. Why does Allah not send us an angel? Why does He send us a person like us?

“Noah’s lower in rank than us. We’ve more money, children and power than he has.”

The weak were afraid of the strong. They thought that the strong were right. They thought that the gods supported the strong and gave them power.

Simple people turned away from Noah. They put their fingers into their ears so as not to hear his words. They did not follow Noah. For they thought that the gods would be angry with them and that the strong would be indignant with them.

These were the people’s thoughts. Few people believed in Noah’s words.

Some poor men and women came to Noah. They listened to his words. Their hearts were full of belief in Allah, the One and Only.

Such people were very poor and oppressed. They were afraid of the punishment of the rich master and rude tyrants.

For this reason, Noah went on summoning his people to worship Allah and to refrain from worshipping idols.

He summoned them to do that day and night, secretly and openly. However, few people believed Noah. They were poor and oppressed.

Prophet Noah felt pity for his people. He wanted to guide them to the right path. He wanted them to lead a peaceful life. He wanted to prevent the strong from persecuting the weak. He wanted them to be good people. He ordered the young to respect the old. He ordered the old to feel pity for the young.

People worshipped idols. So they refused to accept Noah’s call to Allah’s Oneness. They mocked Noah, for he was a poor carpenter.

The rich thought that they were better than Noah, for they had more money, children and power than him.

One day the unbelievers came to Prophet Noah and said him:“ We won’t follow you, for only the poor have followed you. If you dismissed them, we would believe in and follow you.”

Noah said to them: “I won’t dismiss them. Dismissing them is a bad deed. Allah hates such a deed. I won’t dismiss the believers.”

Noah added: “Why do you think that the poor are base? They are our brothers. All people are equal.”

The unbelievers said to Noah (A. S.): “You’re a liar. We won’t believe you. If you were Allah’s messenger, you would have more riches than us and the treasures of the earth would be yours.”