92. The chronicle of Prophet Nooh has been narrated in detail in Surah A’raf, Surah Hood, and Surah Muminoon.

93. Denial of Prophet Nooh was equal to the denial of all Prophets, for the religion of every prophet has been the same and their message also had been the same.

94. Prophet Nooh has been called the brother of his people because he was also a member of the same society. There was, therefore no strangeness of language nor was his recognition difficult.

95. Means fearing Allah and living righteously.

96. That is: The trust which Allah has put in me for conveying His message. That message will be conveyed with full responsibility by me; I will neither add anything to it from myself nor will I subtract from it anything. Therefore, whatever I am presenting to you from Allah accept it as a trust from God.

97. The same teaching, as narrated hereafter, was imparted by every messenger to his people, therefore, this sentence is a representation of the common message of the prophets of Allah (Peace be upon them). It throws light on some important aspects of their message:

1) Fear of Allah which is created by the concept of His greatness is like a foundation for religion. Therefore, people should be invited in unambiguous terms and open words to fear Allah and to adopt the resultant righteousness. And it is a fact that so long as man is not warned about his wrong actions and he is not alerted about the lurking dangers, he is not prepared to mend his ways. This is the reason why when a prophet rises to convey the message of Allah, he jolts the people, he frightens them from His punishment, and informs them of all the dangers that are awaiting them in the Hereafter. This colour of warning is very much marked on his dawah.

2) In the direction to ‘fear Allah’ is included the demand for worshipping Allah and obeying His commands, for ‘taqwa’ (Fear of Allah) means fearing Allah and avoiding sins and adopting righteousness. A person who does not worship Allah sincerely and with concentration, is free from Allah’s fear and without the attribute of taqwa. And a person who does not obey Him, goes on committing sin after sin, and therefore, he is deprived of taqwa, and he cannot be counted among the ‘muttaqi’, pious people.

It is also clear from the ayah that the message of the Prophets invites people to both worshipping and obeying Allah. If in the Qur’an at one place it is said: “Wo rship Allah because there is no other God for you except Him”, at another place this aspect of the dawah has also been made prominent:

“Fear Allah”. In Surah Nooh, both the aspects of the message and also the direction of obeying the prophet as well have been presented together: “‘Worship Allah, fear Him, and obey me.

3) Along with Allah’s worship and his obedience, the prophet of the time has been demanding his own obedience from his followers. And the direction for obeying him is because the messenger of Allah is sent with the set purpose of asking the people to follow him and obey him by the command of Allah, and because obedience of prophet is the practical form of obedience of God. If Allah’s command is in the form of a revealed ayah, even then the details which are necessary to put that command into actual practice can only be manifested by a messenger through his speech and actions. Therefore, it is not correct to think that the task and the position of a messenger is merely of conveying the message but that he is responsible for providing practical direction and guidance, and his following and obedience is binding on the people. These are the specialities of the prophetic dawah, but in the modern times whatever Islamic movements that have been launched do not try as much to create Allah’s fear in the people as they try to explain the political and social systems of Islam. These movements try more to establish a righteous society in this world than to create a desire in the people to seek salvation in the next world. They are less persistent in warning people of the punishment of Hellfire, however they are very emphatic in freeing man from the slavery of man in this world. This results in the dawah missing its target and it also affects its spirit.

98. The life of prophet Nooh is a clear proof of the fact that his only goal was the concern of the people, and that he sought his recompense and reward from Allah only is an argument which needs no proof.

99. Prophet Nooh repeated his dawah to make it clear that his demand from them was not for any recompense or wealth but that they should accept his message, and that he was doing that service quite selflessly, for which there should be no trace of doubt for them.

100. For explanation, please see Surah Hood, Note No.41.

101. That is: I know of their outward actions, and according to that they are sincere slaves of Allah. As for their hidden acts, Allah knows them best. I do not know unseen matters. How can I then call them as mean, when in my knowledge there is nothing which would condemn them to be mean.

From the reply of Prophet Nooh it is clear that the charge of his companions being mean and lowly was false.

102. For explanation, please see Surah Hood, Note No.44.

103. See the audacity of his nation that the personality that deserved respect most, and that had taken utmost pains for their good is being greeted with stoning. Such a step is taken by those who have stones instead of brains in their heads.

104. This prayer was made by Prophet Nooh only when he realised after a very long and sustained dawah efforts that there was then no hope of their (his community’s) accepting faith.

105. Means a clear and unambiguous decision, a judgment which appears in the form of punishment for the unbelievers and salvation for the believers.

106. The Ark or the boat which was laden with the people who were believers and animals which were useful.

107. The chronicle of the drowning of Prophet Nooh’s community has been narrated in detail in Surah Hood, ayat Nos. 37 to 44.

108. Sign of the fact that Allah’s wrath and punishment descends down on the nation which opposes Allah’s messenger, and it is destroyed in such a way that it leaves no survivor, and at the same time the messenger and all his companions who have put their faith in him are saved in such a way that not even a single person gets hurt in that holocaust. Such, miraculous happenings by the command of Allah is a clear testimony of history.

But it is amazing that these clear evidences which Qur’an narrates need to be searched out in the history books, because the historians have ignored these signs owing to their particular mentality. And in our country in the history which is being taught in the colleges this important aspect of the rise and fall of the nations has not been discussed at all. How strange are the historians and how strange are their history books: