BismIllah hir Rahman ir Rahim, assalamu alaikum wa rahmatULLAHI wa barakathuhu, mashaAllah heres 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 known Almighty Allah SubhanhuWaThaala states in The Holy Quran: Peace be upon Nooh among all nations. This is how we reward the good-doers. Verily, he was among our true believing servants. There is an entire Surah in The Holy Quran which is named ‘Nooh’. In total he is mentioned 43 times in the Quran Shareef, and his story appears in numerous places in the Holy Quran. Hazrat Nooh (alaihis-salaam) was the great grandson of Nabi Idrees (alaihis-salaam). 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 sent as a Prophet to his people after they had started worshipping idols. He was therefore the first Prophet sent for this purpose., i.e. to invite people to the oneness of Allah SubhanhuWaThaala and towards Islam. It is said that Hazrat Nooh was fifty years old when he became a Nabi. He lived in Iraq, and that was where he spent most of his time. THE ORIGIN OF IDOLATRY A famous and authentic Muslim historian and Alim, Imam Ibni Katheer (rahmatullahi alaihi), gives a detailed account of how idol-worship started in the world. We shall summarize this account for you. Among the generations that came between Nabi Adam Alaihis salam and Hazrat Nooh (alaihimas-salaam) there lived some very pious people. Some of their names are mentioned in Surah Nooh, such as, Wadd, Suwaa, Yaghooth, Ya ooq, and Nasr. These people were saints who were devoted to the worship of Allah SubhanhuWaThaala , and they had a large following. When they died, people were very sad and missed them a great deal. Some of their followers cried for days out of mourning. 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. This was accepted and soon all of them had pictures of their pious leaders in their homes. They drew inspiration for their ibadat from these pictures and the sight of these holy man lessened their grief. It was a great means of solace for them. When these followers died, their sons grew up and continued keeping these pictures. However, Shaytaan again came in human form and offered to transform these pictures into images, which he did upon their consent. Later he managed to convince the younger generation, who had no idea why these pictures and images were made, that their forefathers actually worshipped them. The newer generation started to worship these images, and thus began the evil of idol-worship on earth. The exact names of these pious people, as mentioned above, were given to the idols. Shaytaan kept on appearing to them with new ideas and suggestions, such as asking things from these idols, making dua to them for rain, etc. As time passed, these images were modified and beautified, and eventually people forgot entirely about Allah SubhanhuWaThaala and focussed all their attention on these images. Every generation that came after them, indulged in this form of worship, until Allah SubhanhuWaThaala decide to appoint Hazrat Nooh (alaihis-salaam) as a Messenger to save these people from this evil sin. He therefore invited them to the worship of one Allah SubhanhuWaThaalas, and to submit to His SubhanhuWaThaalas Law. Needless to say, this message was rejected, because people were so deep-rooted in idolatry that they were not prepared to forsake their beliefs in these idols. Hazrat Nooh alaihis salam used different ways and methods to explain the truth to them, but to no avail. He spoke to them in public and in private, at night and during the day, and kept on reminding them of the Mercy and Forgiveness of Allah SubhanhuWaThaala, but only a handful of people listened to him and accepted his message. These sincere ones who came from poor communities, were called mumineen or believers. For the rest, their hatred against Hazrat Nooh oAlaihis salamnly increased.
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