Story of Prophet Nuh (AS)

Story of Prophet Nuh (AS)

 1.How Idol worship started at first ?

There were righteous people who lived in the period between Adam(AS)  and Nuh (AS)  and who had followers who held them as models. After their deaths, statues of them were erected to keep their memories alive. After sometime, however, people began to worship these statues. Later generations did not even know why they had been erected; they only knew their parents had prayed to them. They continued following that.

2. How long Nuh (AS) was preaching to his people to believe in the Oneness of Allah SWT ?

            950 years

3. Why did Nuh (AS) pray to Allah SWT for his people destruction ?

             Nuh (AS)  saw that the number of believers was not increasing, while that of the disbelievers was. He   was sad for his people, but he never reached the point of despair. There came a day when Allah SWT   revealed to Nuh (AS) that no others would believe. Allah  SWT inspired him not to grieve for them at which point, Nuh (AS) prayed that the disbelievers be destroyed.

4. What did Allah SWT command Nuh (AS)  to do? Why? 

              To build an ark, as all the disbelievers would perish in the flood Allah SWT planned to send.

5. What is the sign of  starting  of the flood and the sign for Nuh (AS) to act ?

               When water miraculously gushed forth from the oven at  Nuh (AS)'s house.

6. Who went into the ark with Nuh (AS) ?

               Nuh (AS)  open the ark and summon the believers. He also took with him a pair, male and female, of every type of animal, bird and insect.

7. Did all of Nuh (AS) family enter the ark? Why not?

                 No,  son and wife perished in the flood as they were disbelievers.