2.9 Noah's Invitation (Noah's Prayer)

Despite all the efforts put and all the means used by Noah, his people refused to believe. They would not stop worshiping idols. They would not return to ALLAH. Then came a day when ALLAH revealed to him that no others would believe, "None of your people will believe except those who have already believed." (11: 36)

Nonetheless, Noah called his people again and they answered, "Noah! You have disputed with us and you have disputed often with us, so bring us what you promised us if you are speaking the truth." (Ch 11: 32). He lost hope and realized that his people were beyond reform He, then, became angry for ALLAH and despaired of those people. He said, "O ALLAH, do not leave even one of the disbelievers on the earth. If you leave them, they will mislead your slaves and they will beget none but wicked disbelievers." (Ch 71: 27).

Noah's prayer was accepted. Allah decided to destroy all the disbelievers by a flood known as "Tuufaan" in Islamic literature. He ordered His Prophet Noah to build an ark when He said to him as mentioned in the Holy Quran "And construct the ship under Our Eyes and with Our Inspiration and address Me not on behalf of those who did wrong; they are surely to be drowned." (Ch 11: 37). Glory be to Allah! Despite all what Noah had suffered from his people, Allah the Almighty knew by His Infinite Knowledge that Noah will try to intercede for them. How caring is this noble Prophet about his people?

2.9 Noah's Invitation (Noah's Prayer)

In addition to the disbelief of Noah's people in this life, they even denied that a messenger was sent to them. Al-Bukhari reports, on the authority of Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri, that the Messenger of ALLAH, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Noah will come along with his people (on the Day of Resurrection). ALLAH will say to them, 'Has not he (Noah) delivered the message to you?' They will reply, 'No. No Prophet came to us.' ALLAH will then say to Noah, 'Who is your witness (that you have conveyed the message to them)?' Noah will say Muhmmad and his people. We (the Prophet talks himself and his people) will bear witness to that. This is in accordance to ALLAH's saying, "Thus have we made of you an Ummat justly balanced, that ye might be witness over the nations, and the Messenger a witness over yourselves." (Ch 2: 143). Thus the people of Prophet Muhammad will bear witness with him, that Noah was to convey the truth, and that he delivered ALLAH's message to his people as perfectly as it should be. Everything beneficial to them regarding their creed he ordered them to do, and everything harmful to them he warned them against. This is the case with all the Prophets. He (Noah) warned his people against Antichrist, though he expected that they would not be contemporaneous with him (Antichrist), because he cared about them."