Prophet Nuh A.S (Noah):
Part 2
Ibn Abi hatim related this story:
Waddan was a righteous man who was loved by his people. When he died, they withdrew to his grave in the land of Babylonia and were overwhelmed by sadness. When Iblis saw their sorrow caused by his death, he disguised himself in the form of a man saying, I have seen your sorrow because of this man's death can I make a statue like him which could be put in your meeting place to make you remember him? They said "Yes".
About Story: Prophet Nuh A.S (Noah
So he made the statue like him. They put it in their meeting place in order to be reminded of him. When Iblis saw their interest in remembering him in the home of each one of you so that he would be in everyone's house and you could remember him?
They agreed, their children learned about and saw what they were doing. They also learned about their remembrance of him instead of Allah. So the first to be worshipped instead of Allah was waddan the idol which they named thus.
The essence of this point is that every idol from those earlier mentioned was worshipped by a certain group of people. It was mentioned that people made picture sand as the ages passed they made these pictures into statues, so that their forms could be fully recognized afterwards they were worshipped instead of Allah.
It was narrated that Umm Habibah told Allah's prophet Muhammad (PBUH) about the chuch called 'Maria Which they had seen in the land of Abyssinia. They described its beauty and the pictures therein. He said, Those are the people who build places of worship on the grave of every dead man who was righteous and then make therein those pictures. Those are the worst of creation undo Allah ( Sahih al bukhari).
Worshipping anything other than Allah is a tragedy that results not only in the loss of freedom. Its serious effect reaches man's mind and destroys it as well. Almighty Allah created man and his mind with its purpose set on achieving knowledge the most important of which is that Allah alone is the creator & all the rest are worshippers (slaves). Therefore, disbelieve in Allah, or polytheism, results in the loss of freedom the destruction of the mind and the absence of a noble target in life. By worshipping anything other than Allah, Man becomes enslaved to Satan, who is himself a creature and becomes harnessed to his own basar qualities).
Into this environment Allah sent Noah with his message to his people. Noah was the only intellectual not caught in the whirlpool of man's destruction which was caused by polytheism.
Allah is his mercy sent his messenger Noah to guide his people. Noah was an excellent speaker and a very patient man. He pointed out to his people the mysteries of life and the wonders of the universe. He pointed out how to the night is regularly followed by the day and that the balance between these opposites were designed by Allah the Almighty for our good. The night gives coolness & rest while the day gives warmth and awakens activity. The sun encourages growth, keeping all plants and animals alive, while the moon, stars assist in the reckoning of time, direction and seasons. He pointed out that the ownership of the heavens and the earth belongs only to the divine creator.
Therefore, he explained to this people there cannot have been more than one deity. He clarified to them how the devil had deceived them for so long and that the time had come for this deceit to stop. Noah spoke to them of Allah's glorification of man, how he had created him & provided him with sustenance and the blessings of a mind. He told them that idol worshipping was a suffocating injustice to the mind. He warned them not to worship anyone but Allah described the terrible punishment Allah would mete out if they continued in their evil ways.
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