HADHART NUH PEACE BE UPON HIM

BY : RAFIA AHAMD

HADHART NUH PEACE BE UPON HIM

• Hadhrat Nuh (peace be upon him) was a prophet of Allah

• Father’s name was Lamech• He was nine generations after Hadhrat

Adam • He was a Law-Bearing Prophet meaning

that he brought Shariah, a Divine Law• A righteous man, blameless among the

people of his time• “Walked with God” meaning all his act

were according to the will of God

People return to idol worship • Wadd: an idol made in the shape of a man,

represented manly power• Suwa: an idol made in the shape of a woman,

represented female beauty• Yaghuth: believed this god could rescue them in

hardship • Ya'au: shape of a horse represented speed, believed

this particular god would come quickly in order to prevent their enemy from doing harm

• Nasr: shape of an eagle, representing long life

HADHRAT NUH’S (PEACE BE UPON HIM) MESSAGE

• Told people of his time to stop worshipping idols

• Told people of his time to worship Allah the Almighty

• Told people of his time Allah will grant them with crops, wealth, and children

• The people of his time still did not listen

HADHART NUH(PEACE BE UPON HIM)BUILTS AN ARK

• The people of his time did not believe his teaching • He warned them that they would be punished• The disbelievers asked for the punishment to come • Hadhrat Nuh said only Allah the Almighty could decide that• Hadhrat Nuh prayed to Allah • Allah told Hadhrat Nuh to built an ark and take all his believers

and animals on it • Hadhrat Nuh quickly followed Allah commands• Disbelievers laughed at him and his believers and thought they

had gone mad• His own wife and son were part of the disbelievers which made his

naturally disappointed • When the storm came all of the disbelievers drowned and Hadhrat

Nuh and his believers had been saved • May Allah bless Hadhrat Nuh and his believers

bibliography

• Chaudhri, R. (2005). Hadhrat Nuh: (peace be upon him). Tilford: Islam International Publications.