2.6 The Lowest Followed You

Noah tried hard to draw his people away from worshiping idols in order to worship ALLAH alone. But only a few of those weak and poor people believed and followed him. Thus, the conflict between Noah and the heads of his people intensified. For them, there is no single way they could follow Noah and be together with these poor people. If this must happen, then Noah has to dismiss his believers. They said to him, "Listen Noah, if you want us to believe in you, then dismiss your believers. They are weak and poor, while we are elite and rich; no faith can include us both." Noah listened to them but categorically rejected any possibility of him driving away his followers. After all they are not his guests but Allah's and he himself by dismissing them will encounter the anger of Allah. He, then, called his people:

"O my people! I ask of you no wealth for it, my reward is from none but ALLAH. I am not going to going to drive away those who have believed. Surely, they are going to meet their Lord, but I see that you are a people that are ignorant. O my people! Who will help me against ALLAH, if I drove them away?" Will you not then give it a thought? And I do not say to you that with me are the treasures of Allah nor that I know the unseen, nor do I say I am an angel, and I do not say of those whom your eyes look down upon that Allah will not bestow any good on them. Allah knows what is in their inner selves (regards to Belief). In that case, I should, indeed be one of the wrongdoers, (Zdalimeen or oppressors etc.)." (Ch 11: 29-31) In the above verses, Noah eloquently refuted all the allegations of his people: to the rich people who were asking to dismiss his poor followers before they believe in him, he answered par a question "Who will help me against ALLAH, if I drove them away?" Will you not then give it a thought? To those who were reproaching him being poor, he said "And I do not say to you that with me are the treasures of Allah"; to those claiming he is a human like them, he answered "nor do I say I am an angel".