The story of prophet NOAH. PART(3)

They added: “Why does Allah not send us anyone other than you? You’re poor!”

Noah said to them: “people, don’t accuse Allah’s messenger of lying. Surely Allah will punish you for that,”
The unbelievers said to him: “You dispute with us very much. If you are truthful, then let Allah punish us. We’re not afraid of your threats for you are a liar.”

However, Noah went on summoning his people to worship Allah, the One and Only. Hundreds of years passed. People died. Babies were born. They became grown-ups. They were also unbelievers. They prostrated to idols and did not worship Allah.

Do you know how many years the summons of Prophet Noah (A. S.) lasted? It lasted 950 years.

Noah became an old man but he was still strong. He was not afraid the unbelievers.

The unbelievers hit Noah many times. ? The plotted against him many times for they wanted to kill him.

Noah’s wife was an unbeliever. She spied on him and the believers who came to visit him.

Many times, Noah summoned his people to follow him. He advised and preached them. However, all his efforts went in vain.

They mocked him. Noah loved his people. He wanted to guide them. So he wept for them. He wept for their bad fate, for they would die as unbelievers.

One day, Noah was in his house. An old man leaning on a rod came to him. His little grandson accompanied him.

The old man said to his grandson: “Grandson, look at that old man. He’s mad. Beware of him. For he’ll deceive you. Do not stop worshipping the idols wadd, Sawā"،, Yaghūth, Ya،ūq and Nasr.

The boy took his grandfather’s rod, walked to Noah and hit him on the head!

Prophet Noah became sad. However, he was patient as he had been before.

Noah thought that his people would believe in Allah, the One and Only, the Creator of life, people, trees, rivers, etc.

Noah lived in this way. His wife opposed him. She Noah had children. they all believe but he was an unbeliever. He did not believe in Allah, the Most High.

THE CURSE
An angel came down from the sky and said to Prophet Noah: “No matter how much you invite your people, they would not believe in Allah. Don’t tire yourself for them, for they’re a cursed people.”
At that time, Noah raised his two hands towards the sky. He asked Allah to purify the earth from the wickedness of the unbelievers.

In this connection, he said: “My Lord, Do not leave on the earth any of the unbelievers. If you leave them, they will mislead Your servants and raise immoral, ungrateful (children).”

THE ARK

Allah, the Glorified, inspired prophet Noah to make a big Ark. Noah (A. S.) had refrained from inviting his people, for he invite them for 950 years but no one believed him. The unbelievers asked each other: “Why has Noah kept silent? Why doesn’t he invite them to believe in Allah? Has anyone seen him?”

Noah chose a place outside the village to build a big Ark.

Noah was a skillful carpenter. He had to gather big pieces of wood.

The believers came to help the Prophet with his work. They gathered dried trees and date-palms. They made boards of different sizes.

It was difficult to build the Ark because it was big.

Noah made the Ark with three floors. The Ark was 200 m. long, 70m. wide and 25m. high.

The unbelievers did not leave Noah alone. They came to the place of his work. They mocked the Prophet and the believers.

Noah was busy making the Ark. Some believers brought boards: some believers nailed the Ark: some believers pitched it.

The unbelievers mocked Noah and the believers, saying: “Look at those mad people! They’re making an Ark in the desert!”

One of the unbelievers said: “Oh, look! That’s Noah. He has become insane!”

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.”

The story of prophet NOAH. PART(1)

THE STORY OF PROPHET NOAH

When we certain mountains and hills, we will find sea shells on their tops and at the bottom. Thus, we understand that water covered these places at one time.

People and mountain climbers see shells on heights in many parts of the world, such as Iraq, Iran, India, Egypt, Syria, China, America, etc.

The archeologists found wooden tablets on the top of Ararāt Mountain. The tablets date back to 2500 before the birth of Prophet Jesus Christ (A. S.). Some of the archeologists believe the Ark of Prophet Noah (A. S.).

In the year 1951, a team of archeologists found a wooden tablet on the top of Qāf Mountain.

There is an ancient writing on the tablet. After a year of study, the archeologists concluded that this small wooden tablet to the Ark of Noah (A. S.).

What is the story of that Ark? What is the story of the flood? What is the story of Prophet Noah. (A. S.)?

People were one community. They led a simple life. They farmed their Land and hunted animals.

Days and years passed. The strong made use of their strength. They oppressed their weak brothers.

The weak were afraid of the strong. So they submitted to them and were satisfied with a life of abasement and enslavement.

Pagan beliefs spread during the lifetime of Prophet Noah (A. S.). Corruption became public. Simple people were afraid of the strong. The strong worshipped idols.

At that time, perhaps over four thousand years ago, Prophet Noah (A. S.) lived in the land of the two rivers.

Prophet Noah noticed that his people led a life full of corruption and deviation from the truth. The strong deprived the weak of their rights. The rich persecuted the poor and forced them to work day and night. When the poor wanted to free themselves and their families, the rich used to hit and torture them. The rich wanted to enslave the poor.

People forgot to worship Allah, the One and Only. they worshipped idols they made of stone. They thought that the idols would bestow upon them, send down rain to them, protect them from dangerous thunderbolts, grant them good and drive misfortunes away from them.

People made the idols with own hands and put them on the dank of the river Euphrates. They called the idols wadd, Sawā"ُ, Yaghūth, Ya.ُūq and Nasr. They worshipped them and bowed to them.

Prophet Noah was sad when he saw his people prostrating to those idols. Noah looked at the sky. He prayed to his Lord to save his people from that ignorance.

Allah, our Lord, chose Noah and sent him to the people to teach them how to worship Allah, the One and Only.

our father ADAM and mother EVE.PART(11)

Cain was an ignorant creature, not knowing any thing. He learnt from the crow how to bury his brother. He looked at his hand. He shook dust off it. Then he asked himself: “Cain what you have done?”

He went on asking himself: “Why have I killed my brother? What have I got? I have got nothing except regret and pain.” The sun sank below the horizon. It got dark. Darkness covered the valley. Cain returned to his hut.

Before Cain reached his hut, he saw a fire in the distance.

The fire had flames. Cain was afraid of the fire. He was afraid of the fire that accepted the sacrifice of his brother and refused to accept his. Cain tried to escape but he found nowhere to escape to.

He saw his father Adam waiting for them. Adam was waiting for the return his two sons. However, Cain returned alone.

Adam was sad and anxious. He asked his son Cain: “Cain, where is your brother?”

Cain answered angrily: “I don’t know!”

Adam understood that something had happened.

He asked Cain: “Where have you left him?”

“There, among those hills,” replied Cain.

Adam ordered him: “Take me to that place!”

Cain pointed to the place. He began walking and his father walked behind him.

They heard the bleat of the sheep and goats in the distance. Adam saw the cattle sleeping about the valley.

Adam cried loudly: “Abel, where are you?”

However, no one replied. In the moon light, Adam saw something glittering on the rocks, on the ground. He smelled something strange. He understood what had happened. He knew that Cain had killed his brother.

Adam shouted angrily: “Cain may Allah curse you! Why have you killed your brother? Why have you made corruption and shed blood on the earth? Allah did not create you for that! May Allah curse you?”

Cain escaped. He became lost in the earth. He ran madly. He slept in caves. He bowed to fire. He prostrated to it because he was afraid of it. His life was full of sufferings and regret.

Adam went back to his hut. He wept for his son Abel. Abel was good. He was oppressed.

Adam wept for forty days. Eve also wept for her son. Allah inspired Adam that He would give him another son. The son would be as good as Abel was. Nine months had passed. Eve gave birth to a boy baby. The baby was very handsome. Its face was as bright as the moon.

Adam was happy. His heart was full of happiness, for Allah had given him a son who was as good as Abel. Seven days passed. Adam thought of the name of his son.

On the seventh day, Adam said to his wife: “We’ll call the baby Sheet, namely the gift of Allah, for Allah’s gifted us with him.”

Days and years passed. Sheet became a young man. Adam became an old man, and Eve became an old woman.

Adam was satisfied with Allah’s decree. His sons became grown-ups. He had offspring. They worked, planted their land and built their houses. Meanwhile, they worshipped Allah. Cain lived somewhere in the earth. He also had children in the earth.

One day Adam said to his son Sheet: “My son, I want some grapes.”

Sheet rose and set off towards to the grapevines. He picked some ripe bunches and went back to his father. However, Adam had died. He lived for a thousand years on the earth. Then he died and returned to the garden.

THE END

our father ADAM and mother EVE.PART(10)

Beyond the hills, Cain was running quickly towards his land. He was nervous, for he was hungry. He saw a hare in the distance. He chased the hare. Then he threw a stone at it. The stone hit it in the leg and broke it. The hare was unable to escape. Cain caught the hare. He killed and ate some of it. Then he threw the rest away.

Some eagles fell on the prey and ate it. Cain spoke to himself: “If I was weak, eagles would eat me. Why don’t these fearful birds eat me? Indeed I’m strong. The strong are worthy of life. The weak must die.”

Again, Cain thought in a savage way. He knew neither truth nor falsehood. He did not want to be a good person, rather he wanted to be a wicked person. He was full of malice and envy towards his brother. He left his land and fields and set out towards the hills.

He saw his brother Abel on the green plains. He saw the cattle grazing calmly.

Abel was lying on the green grass. “He’s sleeping,” thought Cain. Cain increased in malice and treason. He bent to pick up a toothed stone.

“It’s a good opportunity. I’ll kill Abel to get rid of him forever,” Cain talked to himself.

Cain descended from the hill. He approached his brother. He was as careful as the tiger. His two eyes were flashing with violence.

Abel walked about the pastures many times. He became tired. He put his head on a smooth stone. He relaxed on the grass and slept. There were a smile and a hope on his face.

He knew that neither wolves nor pigs came to that valley. He let his cattle graze safely and slept soundly.
He thought that there was no creature more dangerous than the wolf, and that Cain was his only brother in the whole world.

However, Cain came nearer to his brother Abel. His shadow fell on the face of his sleeping brother. Abel opened his eyes and smiled at his brother. However, Cain became wild. He was like the wolf; rather, he was wilder than the wolf.

Cain attacked his brother with the stone. He hit him in the forehead. Blood covered Abel’s two eyes. Abel fainted but Cain went on hitting him. Abel became completely motionless.

Abel was unable to move. He was unable to open his big eyes. He was unable to speak or smile. He was unable to return to his hut, and his cattle remained without a shepherd. They got lost in the hills and valleys, and wolves attacked them.

Blood gushed out of Abel’s forehead. Cain was looking at it.

The blood ceased. Some eagles appeared in the sky. They were hovering over Abel.

Cain was bewildered, not knowing what to do. He carried his brother’s body and began walking. He did not know where to hide it from those hungry eagles.

Cain became tired of walking. The sun was about to set. He put his brother’s body on the ground. Then he sat down to take a rest.

Suddenly, a crow alighted near Cain. The crow croaked loudly. It cried: “Croak! Croak! Croak!” Perhaps it wanted to ask Cain: “Cain, why have you killed your brother Abel?”

Cain was watching the crow’s movements. The crow dug a pit in the ground with its claws. Then it picked up a dried fruit with its beak. It threw the fruit into the pit and buried it.

Cain became aware of an important thing. He knew how to bury his brother’s body to protect it from eagles and wolves. He brought a dried bone and began digging the ground. The hard digging made him sweat.

At last he dug a deep pit. He put his brother’s body into it and buried it. Thus, eagled and wolves were unable to eat it.

Cain wept very much. He wept because he had killed his brother. He wept because he was unable to do any thing.

It was the crow that taught him how to bury his brother.

our father ADAM and mother EVE.PART(9)

Cain put the heap of wheat under his armpit and went to the hills. Abel took his beautiful ram and went there also. He left his ram on the hill. Cain put the wheat heap by the ram.

Abel prostrated to Allah and wept out of fear of Him. Then he looked at the clear sky and asked Allah to accept his sacrifice.

Cain was very restless. He looked here and there. He wanted to see Allah openly.

Long hours passed. Nothing happened.

Abel was sitting calmly looking at the sky. Some clouds appeared in the sky. Then the sky was full of clouds. The wind became calm.

However, Abel was still praying to his Lord. Cain was restless. He took a stone and threw it. The stone broke into pieces. He was bewildered, not knowing what to do.

Suddenly lightning flashed in the sky. Then thunder boomed. Cain was afraid. Abel was still praying to his Lord. It rained heavily. The rain washed Abel’s face and removed his tears. Cain hid behind some rocks.

Lightning flashed again. Suddenly, a thunderbolt hit the ram and killed it. Abel became happy. Then he wept because of happiness for Allah had accepted his sacrifice. Allah loved Abel, for Abel loved Allah.

The wind scattered Cain’s wheat pile. His heart became full of malice and envy. He took a piece of rock and shouted at his brother at the top of his voice, saying: “I’ll kill you!”

Abel said Calmly: “Brother Cain, Allah accepts the deeds of the pious.”

Again, Cain shouted loudly: “I’ll kill you! I hate you!”

Abel became sad. He asked himself: “Why does my brother hate me? Have I done anything to make him bear malice against me?”

Then he said to Cain with bitterness and pain: “If you stretch forth your hand towards me to kill me, I will not stretch my hand towards you to kill you.”

He added: “Cain, do you want to wrong me? If you kill me, you’ll enter the fire!”

Cain behaved rudely. He felt he was stronger than his brother. He wanted to enslave him and to make use of him as he made use of animals.

Abel took his cattle and went away. He forgot his brother’s threats. He was grazing his cattle on the hills and in the green wide valleys. He carefully considered the things around him with love.

Faith filled his heart with peace. He was looking at his sheep grazing in the meadows.

Everything was quiet and beautiful. The sun was pretty. The blue horizon was clear. The brook was flowing in the wide valley. The white birds were flying high in the blue sky.

our father ADAM and mother EVE.PART(8)

ABEL AND CAIN

Cain was rude and quarrelsome but Abel was calm and peaceful.

Cain hurt his brother Abel. He wanted him to be a slave to him from morning to evening.

Cain wanted Abel to plow the ground and to graze the cattle, for he wanted to spend his time in playing. So he hit his brother Abel.

However, Abel was patient, for Cain was his full brother.

Abel prayed Allah to guide his brother Cain to be good.

Adam was displeased with Cain. He ordered him not to be wicked. One day he said to him:
“Cain, be as good as your brother.”

Another day he said to him:
“Cain, don’t be wicked. Allah doesn’t love the wicked.”

However, Cain did not listen to the advice of his father. He thought that he was better than Abel for he was stronger and taller than him. His muscles were stronger and his head was bigger.

Adam said to his son Cain:

“The pious one is the best one. Cain, Allah looks at hearts. The best is the most pious.”

Cain was stubborn. He cried out: “No! No! No! I’m better than Abel. I’m stronger and bigger than him.”

One day Cain hit his brother Abel very hard.

However, Abel did nothing. He tolerated his brother for his heart was good. He loved his brother. He knew that Cain was ignorant. He feared Allah and did not want to be as wicked as his brother.

Adam wanted to put an end to Cain’s wickedness. He wanted to tell him Allah loved the good, not the wicked.

Adam said to his two sons:
“Each one of you must slaughter a ram for Allah. He whose ram Allah accepts is better for Allah accepts the deeds of the pious.”

Cain set off towards the wheat fields. He heaped up unripe stalks.

Abel went to the cattle. He chose a fat, beautiful, sound ram, for he wanted to slaughter the ram for his Lord.

Adam said to his sons: “Go to those hills.”