Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “The people of Noah denied [their prophet] before them, and the parties after them. And every nation plotted against their messenger to seize him, and they argued with falsehood to refute the truth”

The Shaykh : Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said: This is like an explanation for His saying: meaning, let them look at the outcome of those who came before them when they denied [the truth]. And His saying: The pronoun refers to those who denied the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Noah was the first messenger Allah the Exalted sent to the people of the earth after they had differed. Noah was sent to the people of the earth because the people of the earth were his people. However, when the peoples multiplied, a messenger was not sent except to his own people specifically, as established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The plural of "party," meaning the factions. Meaning after the people of Noah.