2.8 Noah's Invitation

Noah went on calling his people and trying hard to counsel them. He continued to call them to believe in ALLAH for nine hundred fifty years. ALLAH the Almighty said: "Indeed We sent Noah to his people and he stayed among them a thousand years less fifty years (inviting them to believe in the Oneness of ALLAH (Monotheism) and discard the false gods and other deities". (Ch 29: 14)

Allah tested them by scarcity of rain and harvests. Noah took advantage of the case and tried to convince them to believe in Allah so that He may be pleased and remove the drought and scarcity of food from them. But the people of Noah would not understand and would not believe. It was narrated that every generation admonished the succeeding one not to believe Noah and to wage war against him. The father taught his child about Noah and counseled him to reject his call when he reached adulthood. Noah saw the number of believers constant, while that of the disbelievers was increasing. He was sad for his people, but he never reached the point of despair.