Nuh's preaching to His People, and Their Response
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The people of Noah denied the messengers by denying him for they all brought the same message affirming God’s Oneness; or it is because he stayed among them for so long that it was as though he was ma...
when Noah their brother — their brother only in terms of lineage — said to them ‘Will you not fear? God?
Truly I am a trusted messenger sent to you to deliver the Message with which I have been sent.
So fear God and obey me in what I enjoin you to of God’s Oneness and obedience to Him.
I do not ask of you any reward for it for delivering it; for my reward lies only with the Lord of the Worlds.
So fear God and obey me’ — he repeats this statement for emphasis.
Related Hadiths
“I advise you to fear Allah and to say the Takbir (Allahu Akbar) in every high place.”
“Whoever obeys me, obeys Allah, And whoever disobeys me, disobeys Allah. Whoever obeys the ruler, obeys me, and whoever disobeys the ruler, disobeys me.”
The Prophet said: "Whoever obeys me, obeys Allah; and whoever disobeys me, disobeys Allah."
"I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'Whoever obeys me has obeyed Allah and whoever disobeys me has disobeyed Allah.' And he used to seek refuge from the torment of the grave, the torment of Hell, th...
'You must do as I command you to do, otherwise I will make others besides you as my inheritors. As I die, burn my body and blow my ashes in the wind as I do not find any merit of mine which would plea...
Allah's Messenger, send along with us a man of trust; whereupon he said: I would definitely send to you a man of trust, a man of trust in the true sense of the term. Thereupon his Companions looked up...
"The Messenger of Allah said to me: 'Have Taqwa of Allah wherever you are, and follow an evil deed with a good one to wipe it out, and treat the people with good behavior."
"I gave my pledge to the Prophet to hear and obey, and he told me to add the words.' In as much as you can, and to be since toward every Muslim"'. (Sahih) '
The Messenger of Allah said to the people of Najran: "I will send you a trustworthy man with you, who is indeed trustworthy." The people craned their necks to see, and he sent Abu 'Ubaidah bin Jarrah.
The Prophet said: "Whatever I have commanded you do it, and whatever I have forbidden you, refrain from it."
Ibn Kathir Commentary
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Nuh's preaching to His People, and Their Response
Here Allah tells us about His servant and Messenger Nuh, peace be upon him, who was the first Messenger sent by Allah to the people of earth after they started to worship idols. Allah sent him to forbid that and to warn people of the consequences of idol worship. But his people belied him and continued their evil practice of worshipping idols besides Allah. Allah revealed that their disbelieving in him was akin to disbelieving in all the Messengers, So Allah said:
كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ - إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلاَ تَتَّقُونَ
(The people of Nuh belied the Messengers. When their brother Nuh said to them: "Will you not have Taqwa") meaning, `do you not fear Allah when you worship others instead of Him'
إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
(I am a trustworthy Messenger to you.) means, `I am the Messenger of Allah to you, faithfully fulfilling the mission with which Allah has sent me. I convey the Messages of my Lord to you, and I do not add anything to them or take anything away from them.,
فَاتَّقُواْ اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ وَمَآ أَسْـَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ
(So have Taqwa of Allah, and obey me. No reward do I ask of you for it;) means, `I do not want any payment for the advice I give you; I will save my reward for it with Allah. '
فَاتَّقُواْ اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
(So have Taqwa of Allah, and obey me.) `It is clear to you that I am telling the truth and that I am faithfully fulfilling the mission with which Allah has entrusted me.'