When these followers died, their sons grew up and continued keeping these pictures. They drew inspiration for their ibadat from these pictures and the sight of these holy man lessened their grief. This was accepted and soon all of them had pictures of their pious leaders in their homes. One day, upon seeing the extreme grief and sorrow of these followers, Shaytaan came to them in the form of a human being and offered to draw pictures of these holy men which they could keep in their homes as reminders. Some of their followers cried for days out of mourning. When they died, people were very sad and missed them a great deal.
These people were saints who were devoted to the worship of Allah SubhanhuWaTha’ala, and they had a large following. Some of their names are mentioned in Surah Nooh, such as, Wadd, Suwaa’, Yaghooth, Ya ‘ooq, and Nasr. We shall summarize this account for you.Īmong the generations that came between Nabi Adam Alaihis salam and Hazrat Nooh (alaihimas-salaam) there lived some very pious people. He lived in Iraq, and that was where he spent most of his time.Ī famous and authentic Muslim historian and Alim, Imam Ibni Katheer (rahmatullahi alaihi), gives a detailed account of how idol-worship started in the world. It is said that Hazrat Nooh was fifty years old when he became a Nabi. to invite people to the oneness of Allah SubhanhuWaTha’ala and towards Islam. He was therefore the first Prophet sent for this purpose., i.e. Hazrat Nooh (alaihis-salaam) was sent as a Prophet to his people after they had started worshipping idols. Between the two there were 10 generations, as it is mentioned in authentic hadith narrated by Imam Bukhri and others. Hazrat Nooh (alaihis-salaam) was the great grandson of Nabi Idrees (alaihis-salaam). In total he is mentioned 43 times in the Quran Shareef, and his story appears in numerous places in the Holy Quran. Verily, he was among our true believing servants.” There is an entire Surah in The Holy Quran which is named ‘Nooh’. MashaAllah here’s a detailed story of Prophet Nuh alaihis Salam.InshaAllah it will be a beneficial read for you as there is a lot of info in here that we may not have knownĪlmighty Allah SubhanhuWaTha’ala states in The Holy Quran: “Peace be upon Nooh among all nations.
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