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The History Of The Prophets
After the first prophet, Adam, the oldest Prophet men-
tioned in the Qur’an is Nuh (as). As we know, Nuh (as) demonstrated
great patience and determination in explaining the existence and one-
ness of Allah to an unbelieving tribe, and when that tribe insisted in
their denial, they were drowned in a huge downpour Allah has sent.
Only Nuh (as) and those believers with him were saved, surviving the
downpour by means of the ark they had built, as Allah had promised.
Allah praises the Prophet Nuh (as) in the Qur’an:
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Generations came and went after Prophet Nuh (as), and
people again turned from the true path, beginning to worship idols
and turning their backs on Allah. At that time Prophet Ibrahim (as)
was given the gift of prophethood and charged with calling people
back to Allah and the true path. Prophet Ibrahim (as) was one of those
of the line of Prophet Nuh (as) which had remained "enduring" on
earth. Allah reveals this in the Qur’an in these words:
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