Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (And the people of Noah before them, indeed they were)

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Exegesis of His saying, the Exalted: (And the people of Noah before them, indeed they were)

Allah the Exalted said:

And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.

وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِنْ قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَوْماً فَاسِقِينَ

[Surah al-Dhariyat: 46] Meaning: Mention the people of Noah before them, and they were the first nation to whom a messenger was sent, but they lied to him. This messenger was Noah (peace and blessings be upon him), who remained among them for a thousand years minus fifty years, calling them to Allah, reminding them, and admonishing them, but they—may Allah protect us from that—did not believe.

But none had believed with him, except a few.

وَمَا آمَنَ مَعَهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ

[Surah Hud: 40] Until he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

And indeed, every time I invited them that You may forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, covered themselves with their garments

وَإِنِّي كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوا أَصَابِعَهُمْ فِي آذَانِهِمْ وَاسْتَغْشَوْا ثِيَابَهُمْ

[Surah Nuh: 7] (They put their fingers in their ears) so that they would not hear what he said, and (covered themselves with their garments) meaning: they covered themselves with them so that they would not see him—may Allah grant us well-being—and this is the extreme of hatred for what he says and does.

And they persisted

وَأَصَرُّوا

[Surah Nuh: 7] upon their falsehood,

And they were arrogant with great arrogance.

وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا اسْتِكْبَاراً

[Surah Nuh: 7] .

So the last thing he (peace and blessings be upon him) said was:

My Lord, do not leave upon the earth from among the disbelievers an inhabitant.

رَبِّ لا تَذَرْ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ دَيَّاراً

[Surah Nuh: 26] And he called upon his Lord:

Indeed, I am overpowered, so help."

أَنِّي مَغْلُوبٌ فَانْتَصِرْ

[Surah al-Qamar: 10] Allah the Exalted said:

⁽¹¹⁾ Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down ⁽¹²⁾ And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined.

فَفَتَحْنَا أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاءِ بِمَاءٍ مُنْهَمِرٍ * وَفَجَّرْنَا الْأَرْضَ عُيُوناً فَالْتَقَى الْمَاءُ عَلَى أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ

[Surah al-Qamar: 11-12] Therefore—may Allah know best—they will have a share of the punishment of the liars; because they were the first nation to lie to the messengers. (And whoever starts a bad practice, he will bear its sin and the sin of whoever works by it until the Day of Resurrection) Just as the one who kills a soul, Adam’s son who killed his brother, bears a burden and a share of the punishment of the killer until the Day of Resurrection.

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