A Message from the Heart
My dear Brothers and sisters in Islam,Prophet Nūḥ (alaihis salam)
Moment I wish to partake with you a story — not just of a prophet, but of a man whose tolerance, perseverance, and unvarying commitment to Allah inspire me every time I feel the weight of this world.
I speak of Sayyidunā Nūḥ عليه السلام — a prophet whose life embodied the art of endurance and adaptability.
Remembering the Essence of the Qur’an
As a pupil and schoolteacher of the Hanafi madhhab, where we concentrate so deeply on logic, principles, and the complications of justice, occasionally I find we come so engaged with scholarly textbooks that we need to break and reconnect with the substance — with the heart of the Qur’an.
And the story of Prophet Nūḥ, peace be upon him, brings us back to that substance.
950 Years of Da’wah
Allah mentions him in multitudinous places in the Qur’an, but the most important, for me tête-à-tête, is when Allah says,
“Indeed, We transferred Nūḥ to his people, and he remained among them for a thousand times less fifty.” (Surah Al-‘Ankabūt 29:14)
Can you imagine, dear religionists?
950 times — not 950 days, or months — of calling people to verity, day and night, intimately and intimately, facing mockery, cuts, and rejection from indeed his closest.
And still, never once do we see him surrender.
That’s a assignment not just for da’wah, but for life itself.
Lessons from the Masjid
Numerous times, when I’m in the masjid counseling a family floundering with his children, or a family who feels her sweats as a mama or woman are uncelebrated, I remind them — suppose of Nūḥ (AS).
He was mocked, indeed by his own son, yet he noway turned down from his charge. His reliance was n’t on results — it was on Allah’s acceptance.
Faith Through Frustration
I flash back one night, I sat after ‘Isha with a group of youthful sisters in our madrasa, and one of them asked me,
“Ustadh, how do you stay strong when your dawah feels ignored?”
I told him the story from Surah Nūḥ where the Prophet said,
“I invited them, night and day, but my assignation only increased them in flight.” (71:5–6)
This was n’t frustration; it was devotion speaking through anguish.
SubhanAllah, how numerous of us give up after one rejection, one failed attempt at reform?
And then’s a prophet of Allah, still soliciting his people with compassion, not wrathfulness.
I told that youthful pupil,
“The success of da’wah is n’t in how numerous follow you, but how unfeignedly you follow Allah.”
That’s what Prophet Nūḥ teaches me.
Seeds You May Not See Grow
My own schoolteacher formerly told me,
“In da’wah, you’re planting seeds that you may noway see grow — but Allah sees every sprinkle of soil you turn.”
Building the Ark with Faith
And also, of course, there’s the structure of the ark — the Safīnah — in the middle of dry land, under the burning sun, while people mocked him.
They laughed and said,
“Has Nūḥ lost his mind?”
But he kept going. Why?
Because he knew he was following Allah’s command, indeed when it did n’t “make sense” to others.
Wallahi, Brothers and sisters, how frequently do we vacillate in adhering to Allah because it looks strange to society?
Trusting in Halal Means
I know a family who gave up a haram income, indeed though people told him he was ruining his life.
He told me,
“If Nūḥ could make an ark on beach, I can trust Allah to give on halal means.”
And Allah opened doors for him he noway imagined.
That’s what happens when we follow commands with certainty, not conditions.
A Painful Moment: The Son Left Behind
The most painful part of Nūḥ’s story — and the one that brings gashes to my eyes every time I recite it — is when he called out to his son as the waters rose:
“O my son, come aboard with us and do not be with the doubters.” (11:42)
And the son responded:
“I will take retreat on a mountain to cover me from the water.”
And Nūḥ said:
“There’s no protection moment from the decree of Allah.”
And the surge came between them. Allahu Akbar.
A Heartbreaking Truth
Indeed the love of a father could not stamp Allah’s qadr.
That moment teaches us commodity hard — we cannot save everyone we love, no matter how important da’wah, du’a, or crying we do.
Guidance is not in our hands.
As a scholar, I’ve sat with parents whose children have left the deen.
I’ve reminded them — even a prophet’s son chose the mountain over the mercy.
You do your part. You noway stop soliciting. But you leave the outgrowth to Allah.
Family of Faith
When Nūḥ cried out to Allah —
“My Lord, indeed my son is of my family.”
Allah replied,
“Indeed, he is not of your family; indeed, his work was other than righteous.” (11:46)
This Fraulein broke me when I first read it.
It taught me that our true family is not based on blood, but on faith.
A assignment I reflect on every time I walk into a masjid full of nonnatives who feel more like family than some cousins ever have.
Keep Building Your Ark
Dear Brothers and sisters,
The flood tide may have ended, but the world still tests us with swells of mistrustfulness, sin, and distraction.
Every prayer, every good deed, every word of verity you speak — these are your planks.
Keep erecting your ark, even if no one sees.
Keep calling to good, even if no one listens.
Keep seeking, even when your sweats feel small.
Nūḥ (AS) did not live for applause — he lived for Allah.
And when the world drowned, it was the ark of obedience that floated.
A Final Du’a
May we be among those who make it.
May Allah make us like Nūḥ — sincere in da’wah, loyal in trials, and case beyond understanding.
Ameen.
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