Shi ne Nuhu, ɗan Lamik, ɗan Mitoshilkh, ɗan Enoch, ɗan Yard, ɗan Mahlabeel, ɗan Qinan, ɗan Anoush, ɗan Seth, ɗan Adam, mahaifin ɗan Adam (PBUH). Bisa ga tarihin Ahlul Kitab (wato Yahudawa da Kiristoci, wanda Allah ya kira su haka saboda sun karɓi Littattafai da aka saukar musu, watau Attaura, Zabura da Injila. Ana fassara waɗannan sunaye da 'Torah, Psalms, and Gospels' bi da bi, amma littattafan da suke a yanzu sun lalace. Daga cikin Littattafan da aka saukar, Alkur'ani KAƊAI ne ya rage kamar yadda aka saukar da shi.)

He was Noah Ibn Lamik, Ibn Mitoshilkh, Ibn Enoch, Ibn yard, Ibn Mahlabeel, Ibn Qinan, Ibn Anoush, Ibn Seth, Ibn Adam the Father of Mankind (PBUH). According to the history of the People of the Book, (refers to the Jews, and Christians, so called by Allah because they received Revealed Books, Taurat, Zabur and Injeel. These names are translated 'Torah, Psalms, and Gospels' respectively, but the books that are extent are corrupt. Of the Revealed Books, ONLY the Quran remains exactly as it was revealed).

Lokacin da ke tsakanin haihuwar Nuhu da mutuwar Adam shekara 146 ne. (Bisa ga Farawa 5 (New Revised Standard Version), an haifi Nuhu shekara ɗari da ashirin da shida bayan mutuwar Adam.) Ibn Abbas ya ruwaito cewa Annabi Muhammad ﷺ ya ce: "Lokacin da ke tsakanin Adam da Nuhu karni goma ne." (Sahihul Bukhari.) An haifi Nuhu shekara 1056 bayan halittar Adam (ko bayan fitarsa daga Aljannar Adnin). Don haka, wannan hadisi ba ya saɓa wa maganar da ta gabata daga Ahlul Kitab kamar yadda zai iya gani da farko. Mai karatu ya kiyaye cewa duk wata magana ko labari da aka ɗauko daga Ahlul Kitab ba lallai ne ya zama abin dogaro ba. Wannan an ɗauko shi ne daga Farawa 5.

The period between the birth of Noah and the death of Adam was 146 years. (According to Genesis 5 (new Revised Standard Version), Noah was born one hundred and twenty six years after the death of Adam. Ibn Abbas narrated that the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said: "The period between Adam and Noah was ten centuries." (Sahih Bukhari, Noah was born 1056 years after Adam's creation (or after he left the Garden of Eden). Thus, this hadith does not contradict the previous statement from the People of the Book as it may first appear to do. The reader should keep in mind, however that any statement or narratives taken from the People of the Book are not necessarily credible. This was taken from Genesis 5).

Tsawon zamani mutanen Nuhu sun kasance suna bautawa gumaka da suka kira alloli. Sun yi imani cewa waɗannan alloli za su kawo musu alheri, su kare su daga sharri, kuma su biya musu dukan bukatunsu. Sun ba gumakansu sunaye irin su Waddan, Suwa'an, Yaghutha, Ya'auga, da Nasran, (Waɗannan gumaka suna wakiltar, bi da bi, ƙarfin namiji; sauyawa; kyau; ƙarfin jiki, saurin gudu, kaifin gani, da basira) bisa ga ikon da suke tunanin waɗannan alloli suna da shi.

For many generations Noah's people had been worshipping statues that they called gods. They believed that these gods would bring them good, protect them from evil and provide all their needs. They gave their idols names such as Waddan, Suwa'an, Yaghutha, Ya'auga, and Nasran, (These idols represented, respectively, manly power; mutability, beauty; brute strength, swiftness, sharp sight, insight) according to the power they thought these gods possessed.

Allah Maɗaukaki ya saukar da cewa:

Allah the Almighty revealed:

"Sun ce (masu bautar gumaka): "Kada ku bar gumakanku, kada ku bar Wadd, ko Suwa, ko Yaghuth, ko Ya'uq, ko Nasr (sunayen gumaka)."" (Surah Nuh 71:23, Alkur'ani).

"They (idolaters) have said: "You shall not leave your gods nor shall you leave Wadd, nor Suwa, nor Yaghuth, nor Ya uq nor Nasr (names of the idols)." (CH 71:23 Quran).

Asali, waɗannan sunayen mutane nagari ne waɗanda suka rayu a tsakaninsu. Bayan mutuwarsu, an kafa musu gumaka don a adana tunawa da su. Sai dai bayan lokaci, mutane suka fara bautawa waɗannan gumaka. Daga baya, tsararraki masu zuwa ba su ma san dalilin da ya sa aka kafa su ba; sun san kawai iyayensu suna yi musu addu'a. Haka bautar gumaka ta samu asali. Tun da ba su da fahimtar Allah Maɗaukaki, wanda zai hukunta su saboda munanan ayyukansu, sai suka zama azzalumai da marasa ɗabi'a.

Originally these were the names of good people who had lived among them. After their deaths, statues of them were erected to keep their memories alive. After sometime, however, people began to worship these statues. Later generations did not even know why they had been erected; they only knew their parents had prayed to them. That is how idol worshipping developed. Since they had no understanding of Allah the Almighty Who would punish them for their evil deeds, they became cruel and immoral.

Ibn Abbas ya yi bayani: "Bayan mutuwar waɗancan mutane masu adalci, Shaiɗan ya zuga mutanensu su kafa gumaka a wuraren da suke zama. Suka yi haka, amma ba a bauta musu ba har sai da tsararraki masu zuwa suka karkata daga tafarki madaidaici. Sai suka bauta musu a matsayin gumakansu." A cikin sigarsa, Ibn Jarir ya ruwaito: "Akwai mutane masu adalci da suka rayu a tsakanin zamanin Adam da Nuhu, waɗanda kuma suna da mabiya da suke ɗaukansu a matsayin abin koyi. Bayan mutuwarsu, abokansu waɗanda suke yin koyi da su suka ce: 'Idan muka yi musu gumaka, zai fi faranta mana rai a ibadarmu kuma zai tuna mana da su.' Sai suka gina musu gumaka, kuma bayan sun mutu, sai wasu suka zo bayansu, Iblis ya shiga zukatansu yana cewa: 'Kakanninku suna bauta musu, kuma ta wannan bauta ne suka samu ruwan sama.' Sai suka bauta musu." Ibn Abi Hatim ya ba da wannan labari: "Waddan mutum ne mai adalci wanda mutanensa suke ƙauna."

Ibn Abbas explained: "Following upon the death of those righteous men, Satan inspired their people to erect statues in the places where they used to sit. They did this, but these statues were not worshiped until the coming generations deviated from the right way of life. Then they worshipped them as their idols." In his version, Ibn Jarir narrated: "There were righteous people who lived in the period between Adam and Noah and who had followers who held them as models. After their death, their friends who used to emulate them said: 'If we make statues of them, it will be more pleasing to us in our worship and will remind us of them.' So they built statues of them, and , after they had died and others came after them, Iblis crept into their minds saying:'Your forefathers used to worship them, and through that worship they got rain.' So they worshipped them." Ibn Abi Hatim related this story: "Waddan was a righteous man who was loved by his people.

Sa'ad da ya mutu, suka koma kabarinsa a ƙasar Babila, sai baƙin ciki ya rinjaye su. Sa'ad da Iblis ya ga baƙin cikinsu saboda mutuwarsa, sai ya sauya kamanni ya zama mutum, yana cewa: "Na ga baƙin cikinku saboda mutuwar wannan mutum; ko zan iya yin masa mutum-mutumi irin nasa, wanda za a sa a wurin taronku domin ku riƙa tunawa da shi?" Suka ce: "Eh." Sai ya yi masa mutum-mutumi irin nasa. Suka sanya shi a wurin taronsu domin su riƙa tunawa da shi.

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.' So he made the statue like him. They put it in their meeting place in order to be reminded of him.

Sa'ad Iblis ya ga yadda suke sha'awar tunawa da shi, sai ya ce: "Ko zan gina musu mutum-mutumin sa a gidan kowannenku, domin ya kasance a gidan kowa, ku kuma ku tuna da shi?" Suka amince. 'Ya'yansu suka koyi abin da suke yi, suka gani. Haka kuma suka koyi tunawa da shi a maimakon Allah. Saboda haka wanda aka fara bautawa a maimakon Allah shi ne Waddan, gunkin da suka sa masa suna haka. Ma'anar wannan batu ita ce, kowane gunki daga cikin waɗanda aka ambata a baya wani rukuni na mutane ne suka bauta masa. An ambata cewa mutane sun yi zane-zanen mutane, kuma yayin da zamani ke wucewa suka mayar da waɗannan zane-zane mutum-mutumi, domin a gane siffofinsu sosai; daga baya kuma aka bauta musu a maimakon Allah.

Bautawa ko bauta wa wani abu banda Allah masifa ce wadda ba wai asarar 'yanci kawai take haifarwa ba; illarta mai tsanani kan kai ga hankalin mutum ta lalata shi ma. Allah Maɗaukakin Sarki ya halicci mutum da hankalinsa, wanda manufarsa ta kasance neman ilimi, mafi muhimmanci daga cikinsa shi ne cewa Allah shi kaɗai ne Mahalicci, sauran duk bayi ne (masu bauta). Saboda haka, kafirci ga Allah, ko shirka, yana haifar da asarar 'yanci, lalacewar hankali, da rashin manufa mai daraja a rayuwa. (Ta hanyar bautar wani abu banda Allah, mutum yana zama bawa ga Shaiɗan, wanda shi kansa halitta ne, kuma yana zama abin jan dabi'unsa marasa kyau.)

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 and all the rest are worshippers (slaves). Therefore, disbelief 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 baser qualities).

A cikin wannan yanayi ne Allah ya aiko Nuhu da saƙonsa zuwa ga mutanensa. Nuhu shi kaɗai ne mai hankali da bai shiga cikin gangar halaka ta mutum ba, wadda shirka ta haddasa.

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.

Saboda Rahamar Sa, Allah ya aiko manzonSa Nuhu ya shiryar da mutanensa. Nuhu ya kasance mai iya magana sosai kuma mutum ne mai haƙuri ƙwarai. Ya nuna wa mutanensa asirran rayuwa da abubuwan al'ajabi na duniya. Ya nuna yadda dare ke biyo bayan rana akai-akai, da kuma yadda daidaituwa tsakanin waɗannan abubuwa masu sabani aka tsara su ne da Allah Maɗaukakin Sarki domin amfaninmu. Dare yana ba da sanyi da hutawa, rana kuma tana ba da zafi tana tayar da aiki. Rana tana ƙarfafa girma, tana kiyaye dukkan shuke-shuke da dabbobi da rai, yayin da wata da taurari ke taimakawa wajen ƙidaya lokaci, shugabanci da yanayi. Ya nuna cewa mallakar sammai da ƙasa ta Mahaliccin Allah kaɗai ce. Saboda haka, ya bayyana wa mutanensa cewa ba zai yiwu a sami sama da ɗaya ba na abin bautawa. Ya fayyace musu yadda shaiɗan ya ruɗe su tsawon lokaci, da kuma cewa lokaci ya yi da wannan ruɗu zai tsaya. Nuhu ya yi musu magana game da girmama Allah ga mutum, yadda Ya halicce shi, Ya ba shi abinci da albarkar hankali. Ya faɗa musu cewa bautar gumaka zalunci ne mai shaƙe hankali. Ya gargaɗe su kada su bauta wa kowa sai Allah, ya kuma kwatanta azaba mai tsanani da Allah zai aukar musu idan suka ci gaba da mugayen hanyoyinsu.

Allah in 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 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 and rest while the day gives warmth and awakens activity. The sun encourages growth, keeping all plants and animals alive, while the moon and 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 and 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 and described the terrible punishment Allah would mete out if they continued in their evil ways.

Mutanen sun saurare shi cikin shiru. Maganganunsa sun girgiza tunaninsu da ya tsaya cak, kamar yadda girgiza take ga mutumin da yake barci a karkashin bango da ke shirin faduwa, sannan aka farkar da shi da karfi. Wannan mutum na iya firgita, har ma ya yi fushi, duk da cewa manufar ita ce ceton sa.

The people listened to him in silence. His words were a shock to their stagnating minds as it is a shock to a person who is asleep under a wall which is about to fall and who is vigorously awakened. This person may be alarmed and may even become angry although the aim was to save him.

Bayan gargaɗin Nuhu, mutanensa sun rabu gida biyu. Maganarsa ta taɓa zukatan marasa ƙarfi, talakawa da waɗanda suke cikin wahala, ta kuma warkar da raunukansu da rahamarta. Amma masu arziki, masu ƙarfi, masu iko da shugabanni sun kalli gargaɗin da kallon sanyi da rashin yarda. Sun yi imani cewa za su fi kyau idan abubuwa suka ci gaba da zama yadda suke. Saboda haka suka fara yaƙin maganganu da Nuhu.

Noah's people were divided into two groups after his warning. His words touched the hearts of the weak, the poor, and the miserable and soothed their wounds with its mercy. As for the rich, the strong, the mighty and the rulers they looked upon the warning with cold distrust. They believed they would be better off if things stayed as they were. Therefore they started their war of words against Noah.

Da farko sun zargi Nuhu da cewa shi mutum ne kawai kamar su.

First they accused Noah of being only human like themselves.

"Shugabannin kafirai daga cikin mutanensa suka ce: "Ba mu ganin ka face kamar mutum irin mu ne."" (Hud 11:27)

“The chiefs of the disbelievers among his people said: "We see you but a man like ourselves."' (Ch 11:27 Quran)

Amma shi, bai taɓa cewa wani abu daban da haka ba. Ya tabbatar da cewa, lallai, shi mutum ne kawai; Allah ya aiko da manzo mutum ne domin duniya tana zaune da mutane. Idan da an zauna da mala'iku, da Allah ya aiko da manzo mala'ika. Gardama tsakanin masu bautar gumaka da Nuhu ta ci gaba. Da farko, shugabanni sun yi tunanin cewa kiran Nuhu zai dushe ba da daɗewa ba da kansa. Sa'ad da suka ga cewa kiransa yana jan hankalin talakawa, marasa ƙarfi da ma'aikata na kowa, sai suka fara kai masa hari da magana da kuma yi masa ba'a: 'Mabiyansa kawai talakawa ne, masu rauni da marasa daraja.' Allah Maɗaukakin Sarki ya gaya mana:

He, however, had never said anything other than that. He asserted that, indeed, he was only a human being; Allah had sent a human messenger because the earth was inhabited by humans. If it had been inhabited by angels Allah would have sent an angelic messenger. The contest between the polytheists and Noah continued. the rulers had thought at first that Noah's call would soon fade on its own. When they found that his call attracted the poor, the helpless and common laborers, they started to verbally attack and taunt him: 'You are only followed by the poor, the meek and the worthless.' Allah the Almighty told us:

Lalle Mun aika Nuhu zuwa ga mutanensa (ya ce): "Ni mai gargadi ne bayyananne a gare ku, don kada ku bauta wa kowa sai Allah. Lalle ni ina tsoron azabar wani rana mai raɗaɗi a kanku." Sai manyan kafirai daga cikin mutanensa suka ce: "Ba mu ganin ka face mutum kamar mu, kuma ba mu ganin wanda ya bi ka sai mafi ƙasƙanci a cikinmu, waɗanda kuma suka bi ka ba tare da tunani ba. Ba kuma mu ganin wani fifiko a gare ku bisa kanmu; a'a, muna ɗaukar ku maƙaryata ne." (CH 11:25-27)

"Indeed We sent Noah to his people (he said): "I have come to you as a plain Warner that you worship none but Allah, surely, I fear for you the torment of a painful Day." the chiefs of the disbeliveers among his people said: "We see you but a man like ourselves, nor do we see any follow you but the meanest among us and they too followed you without thinking. And we do not see in you any merit above us in fact we think you are liars." (CH 11:25-27).

Ta haka rikici tsakanin Nuhu da shugabannin mutanensa ya tsananta. Kafirai suka yi ƙoƙarin yin ciniki: "Ka ji, Nuhu, idan kana so mu yi imani da kai, to ka kori mabiyanka. Su masu rauni ne da talauci, mu kuwa mu ne masu daraja da arziki; ba zai yiwu imani ya haɗa mu duka ba." Nuhu ya saurari maguzawan al'ummarsa, ya kuma fahimci cewa suna taurin kai. Duk da haka, ya amsa musu cikin nutsuwa. Ya bayyana wa mutanensa cewa ba zai iya korar muminai ba, domin ba baƙinsa ba ne, na Allah ne. Nuhu ya roƙe su:

Thus the conflict between Noah and the heads of his people intensified. The disbeliveers tried to bargain: "Listen Noah, if you want us to believe in you, then dismiss your believers. They are meek and poor, while are elite and rich; no faith c an include us both." Noah listened to the heathens of his community and realized they were being obstinate. However, he was gentle in his response. He explained to his people that he could not dismiss the believers as they were not his guests but Allah's. Noah appealed to them:

"Ya mutanen na! Ba na neman dukiya daga gare ku saboda shi; ladana daga Allah ne kaɗai yake. Ba zan kori waɗanda suka yi imani ba. Lallai su za su haɗu da Ubangijinsu, amma ina ganin ku mutane ne masu jahilci. Ya mutanen na! Wa zai taimake ni kan Allah idan na kore su? Shin ba za ku yi tunani ba? Kuma ban ce muku ina da ajiyar Allah ba, ko kuma na san abin ɓoye, ko kuma na ce ni mala'ika ne ba, kuma ban ce game da waɗanda idanunku suke raina su ba cewa Allah ba zai ba su wani alheri ba. Allah ya san abin da ke cikin zukatansu (game da imani). In ma na yi haka, lallai zan kasance ɗaya daga cikin azzalumai (masu zalunci)." (Suratu Hud, aya ta 29-31)

"O my people! I ask of you no wealth for it, my reward is from none but Allah. I am not going to drive away those who have believed. Surely, they are going to meet their Lord, but I see that you are a people that are ignorant. O my people! Who will help me against Allah, if I drove them away? Will you not then give a thought? And I do not say to you that with me are the Treasures of Allah nor that I know the unseen, nor do I say I am an angel, and I do not say of those whom your eyes look down upon that Allah will not bestow any good on them. Allah knows what is in their inner selves (regards to Belief). In that case, I should, indeed be one of the Zalimeen (wrongdoers, oppressors etc)." (Ch 11:29-31 Quran)

Nuhu ya kore hujjojin kafirai da ilimin annabawa mai daraja. Ita ce hankalin hankali wanda ya kubuta daga girman kai da son zuciya.

Noah refuted the arguments of the disbelievers with the noble knowledge of the prophets. It is the logic of intellect that rids itself of personal pride and interests.

Shugabanni sun gaji da hujjojin Nuhu. Allah Maɗaukakin Sarki ya bayyana halinsu:

The rulers were tired of Noah's arguments. Allah the Exalted related their attitude:

Suka ce: "Ya Nuhu! Ka yi jayayya da mu, kuma ka tsawaita jayayyar da mu, yanzu ka kawo mana abin da ka yi mana barazana da shi, idan kana cikin masu gaskiya." Ya ce: "Allah ne kawai zai kawo muku shi (azaba), idan Ya so, kuma ba za ku tsira ba. Kuma shawarata ba za ta amfane ku ba, ko da na so in ba ku shawara, idan nufin Allah ne ya barar da ku. Shi ne Ubangijinku! Kuma gare Shi ne za a mayar da ku."

They said: "O Noah! You have disputed with us and much have you prolonged the dispute with us, now bring upon us what you threaten us with, if you are of the truthful." He said: "Only Allah will bring it (the punishment)on you, if He will, and then you will escape not. And my advice will not profit you, even if I wish to give you counsel, if Allah's Will is to keep you astray. He is your Lord! And to Him you shall return." (Ch 11:32-34 Quran)

Yaƙin ya ci gaba; muhawarar tsakanin kafirai da Nuhu ta yi tsawo. Sa'ad da duk hujjojin kafirai suka rushe kuma ba su da abin da za su ce, sai suka fara zagi da cin mutuncin annabin Allah.

The battle continued; the arguments between the disbeliveers and Noah became prolonged. When all the refutations of the disbeliveers collapsed and they had no more to say, they began to be rude and insulted Allah's prophet:

www.islambasics.com "Shugabannin mutanensa suka ce: "Lalle mu, muna ganin kana cikin bata bayyananniya."" (Surah 7:60, Alkur'ani)

www.islambasics.com “The leaders of his people said: "Verily, we see you in plain error." (Ch 7:60 Quran)

Nuhu ya amsa kamar yadda annabawa suke amsawa:

Noah responded in the manner of the prophets:

"Ya ku mutanen na! Babu wani kuskure a cikina, amma ni Manzo ne daga wurin Ubangijin talikai (mutane, aljanu da duk abin da ke wanzuwa)! Ina isar muku da Saƙonnin Ubangijina, kuma ina ba ku shawara ta gaskiya. Kuma na san daga wurin Allah abin da ku ba ku sani ba." (Suratul A'raf 7:61-62, Alƙur'ani)

"O my people! There is no error in me, but I am a Messenger from the Lord of the Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists)! I convey unto you the Messages of my Lord and give sincere advice to you. And I know from Allah what you know not." (CH 7:61-62 Quran)

Allah Maɗaukakin Sarki ya ba da labarin abin da Nuhu ya fuskanta:

Allah the Almighty related what Noah faced:

Hakika, Mun aika Nuhu zuwa ga mutanensa, muka ce: "Ka gargaɗi mutanenka kafin azaba mai raɗaɗi ta zo musu." Ya ce: "Ya mutanena! Hakika ni mai gargaɗi ne bayyananne a gare ku, cewa ku bauta wa Allah shi kaɗai, ku kasance masu biyayya a gare shi, ku kuma yi mini biyayya, shi (Allah) zai gafarta muku zunubanku, ya kuma jinkirta ku zuwa ajali ƙayyadadde. Hakika, ajalin Allah idan ya zo, ba a iya jinkirinsa, idan dai kun sani." Ya ce: "Ya Ubangijina! Hakika, na kira mutanena dare da rana (a asirce da a fili don su karɓi akidar tauhidin Musulunci), amma kiran da na yi musu bai ƙara komai ba face gudu daga gaskiya. Hakika! Duk lokacin da na kira su don Ka gafarta musu, sai su saka yatsunsu a cikin kunnuwansu, su rufe kansu da tufafinsu, su dage (a kan ƙin yarda), su kuma ɗaukaka kansu da girman kai. Sannan hakika, na kira su a fili; sannan hakika, na yi shelar gare su a bayyane, kuma na roƙe su a asirce, na ce musu:

"Verily, We sent Noah to his people saying: "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful torment." He said: "O my people! Verily, I am a plain Warner to you, that you should worship Allah alone, be dutiful to Him and obey me, He (Allah) will forgive you of your sins and respite you to an appointed term. Verily, the term of Allah when it comes, cannot be delayed, if you but knew." He said: "O my Lord! Verily, I have called my people night and day (secretly and openly to accept the doctrine of Islamic Monotheism), but all my calling added nothing but to their flight from the truth. Verily! Everytime I called unto them that You might forgive them, they thrust their fingers into their ears, covered themselves up with their garments, and persisted (in their refusal), and magnified themselves in pride. Then verily, I called to them openly (aloud); then verily, I proclaimed to them in public, and I have appealed to them in private, I said to them:

"Ku nemi gafarar Ubangijinku, lallai shi Mai yawan gafara ne; zai saukar muku da ruwan sama mai yawa, ya kuma ƙara muku dukiya da 'ya'ya, ya kuma ba ku lambuna, ya kuma ba ku koramu." Me ya same ku, da ba ku tsoron Allah (azabarsa), kuma ba ku fatan samun lada daga Allah, ko kuma ba ku yin imani da Tawhidinsa? Alhali kuwa Ya halicce ku matakai-matakai. (Al-Qur'ani 71:10-14)

'Ask forgiveness from your Lord, Verily, He is Oft Forgiving; He will send rain to you in abundance, and give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers." What is the matter with you, that you fear not Allah (His Punishment), and you hope not for reward from Allah or you believe not in His Oneness. While He has created you in different stages. (Ch 23:13-14 Quran)

Nuhu ya ci gaba da kira ga mutanensa su yi imani da Allah shekara dari tara da hamsin. Allah Mai girma da daukaka ya ce: Lalle ne Mun aiko Nuhu zuwa ga mutanensa, sai ya zauna a cikinsu shekara dubu sai hamsin (yana kiran su su yi imani da Tauhidin Allah (Tawhid) kuma su bar gumaka da sauran abubuwan bautar karya).

Noah continued to call his people to believe in Allah for nine hundred fifty years. Allah the Almighty said: Indeed We sent Noah to his people and he stayed among them a thousand years less fifty years (inviting them to believe in the Oneness of Allah (Monotheism) and discard the false gods and other deities). (Ch 29:14 Quran)

Ya faru cewa kowane zamani da ya shuɗe yana gargaɗin zamanin da ke biye da shi kada ya yarda da Nuhu, kuma ya yi yaƙi da shi. Uba yana koyar da ɗansa game da al'amarin da ke tsakaninsa da Nuhu, yana kuma ba shi shawarar ya ƙi kiransa idan ya kai ga balaga. Yanayin halittarsu yana ƙin yarda da imani da bin gaskiya.

It happened that every passing generation admonished the succeeding one not to believe Noah and to wage war against him. the father used to teach his child about the matter that was between himself and Noah and counsel him to reject his call when he reached adulthood. Their natural disposition rejected believing and following the truth.

Nuhu ya ga cewa adadin masu imani bai ƙaru ba, alhali na kafirai yana ƙaruwa. Ya yi baƙin ciki saboda mutanensa, amma bai taɓa kaiwa ga yanke ƙauna ba.

Noah saw that the number of believers was not increasing, while that of the disbeliveers was. He was sad for his people, but he never reached the point of despair.

Wata rana Allah ya yi wahayi ga Nuhu cewa babu wasu da za su yi imani sai waɗanda suka riga suka yi imani. Allah ya yi masa wahayi kada ya yi baƙin ciki saboda su, a lokacin ne Nuhu ya yi addu'a cewa a hallaka kafirai. Ya ce:

There came a day when Allah revealed to Noah that no others would believe. Allah inspired him not to grieve for them at which point Noah prayed that the disbeliveers be destroyed. He said:

"Ya Ubangijina! Kada ka bar ko ɗaya daga cikin kafirai a bayan ƙasa. Idan ka barsu, za su ɓatar da bayinka, kuma ba za su haifi kowa ba face fajirai kafirai."

"My Lord! Leave not one of the disbeliveers on the earth. If you leave them, they will mislead Your slaves and they will beget none but wicked disbeliveers." (Ch 71:27 Quran)

Allah ya karɓi addu'ar Nuhu. Aka rufe shari'ar, sai Ya zartar da hukuncinSa a kan kafirai a cikin sigar ambaliya. Allah Maɗaukakin Sarki ya umarci bawanSa Nuhu da ya gina jirgi bisa ilimiNa da umarninSa, da taimakon mala'iku. Allah Maɗaukakin Sarki ya ce:

Allah accepted Noah's prayer. The case was closed, and He passed His judgment on the disbeliveers in the form of a flood. Allah the Exalted ordered His worshipper Noah to build an ark with His knowledge and instructions and with the help of angels. Almighty Allah commanded:

"Ka gina jirgin ruwa a ƙarƙashin idanunMu da wahayinMu, kuma kada ka roƙe Ni a kan waɗanda suka yi zalunci; lallai su za a nutsar da su."

"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 Quran)

Nuhu ya zaɓi wani wuri a wajen birni, nesa da teku. Ya tattara itace da kayan aiki, ya fara gina jirgin ruwa dare da rana. Izgili na mutane ya ci gaba: "Ya Nuhu! Shin aikin kafinta ya fi maka kyau a kan annabci? Don me kake gina jirgin ruwa nesa da teku haka? Shin za ka ja shi zuwa ruwa ne, ko kuwa iska za ta ɗauke maka shi?" Nuhu ya amsa: "Za ku sani wanda za a kunyatar da shi, kuma zai sha wahala." Allah Maɗaukakin Sarki ya ba da labari:

Noah chose a place outside the city, far from the sea. HE collected wood and tools and began to day and night to build the ark. The people's mockery continued: "O Noah! Does carpentry appeal to you more than prophethood? Why are you building an ark so far from the sea? Are you going to drag it to the water or is the wind going to carry it for you?" Noah replied: "You will come to know who will be put to shame and suffer." Allah the Almighty narrated:

Yayin da yake gina jirgin, duk lokacin da shugabannin mutanensa suka wuce ta gare shi, sai su yi masa ba'a. Ya ce: "In kun yi mana ba'a, to mu ma muna yi muku ba'a kamar yadda kuke yi mana."

"As he was constructing the ship, whenever the chiefs of his people passed by him, they made a mockery of him. He said : "If you mock at us, so do we mock at you likewise for your mocking.

Za ku san wanda azaba za ta same shi, wacce za ta rufe shi da wulakanci, kuma a kan wanda azaba mai dorewa za ta sauka."

And you will know who it is on whom will come a torment that will cover him with disgrace and on whom will fall a lasting torment." (Ch 11:38-39 Quran)

An jirgin ta kammala ginawa, Nuhu kuwa ya zauna yana jiran umarnin Allah. Allah ya yi masa wahayi cewa idan ruwa ya fito ba zato ba tsammani daga murhun gidan Nuhu, wannan zai zama alamar farkon ambaliyar ruwa, kuma alama ce ga Nuhu ya fara aiki.

The ship was constructed, and Noah sat waiting Allah's command. Allah revealed to him that when water miraculously gushed forth from the oven at Noah's house, that would be the sign of the start of the flood, and the sign for Noah to act.

Ranar nan mai ban tsoro ta zo, lokacin da murhu a gidan Nuhu ya tafasa ya kwararo. Nuhu ya yi gaggawar bude jirgin ya kira masu imani. Ya kuma dauki tare da shi biyu-biyu, namiji da mace, na kowane irin dabba, tsuntsu da kwari. Da mutane suka ga yana kai wadannan halittu zuwa jirgin, sai suka yi dariya sosai suna cewa: "Lallai Nuhu ya rasa hankalinsa! Me zai yi da dabbobin?" Allah Mai girma ya ba da labari:

The terrible day arrived when the oven at Noah's house overflowed. Noah hurried to open the ark and summon the believers. He also took with him a pair, male and female, of every type of animal, bird and insect. Seeing him taking these creatures to the ark, the people laughed loudly: "Noah must have gone out of his head! What is he going to do with the animals?" Almighty Allah narrated:

Har zuwa lokacin, Umurninmu ya zo, tanda ta fashe da ruwa (ruwa kamar maɓulɓulan ƙasa). Muka ce: "Ku hau cikinta, daga kowane nau'i biyu (namiji da mace), da iyalinka, sai wanda maganar hukunci ta riga ta rigaya a kansa, da waɗanda suka yi imani." Kuma ba wanda ya yi imani da shi sai kaɗan.

“So it was till then there came Our Command and the oven gushed forth (water like fountains from the earth). We said: "Embark therein, of each kind two (male and female), and your family, except him against whom the Word has already gone forth, and those who believe." And none believed him except a few.(Ch 11:40 Quran)

Matar Nuhu ba ta yi imani tare da shi ba, don haka ba ta shiga jirgin tare da shi ba; haka kuma ɗaya daga cikin 'ya'yan Nuhu, wanda yake kafiri a ɓoye amma ya nuna imani a gaban Nuhu, ma bai shiga ba. Haka nan, mafi yawan mutane kafirai ne, kuma ba su shiga cikin jirgin ba.

Noah's wife was not a believer with him so she did not join him; neither did one of Noah's sons, who was secretly a disbeliever but had pretended faith in front of Noah. Likewise most of the people were disbeliveers and did not go on board.

Malamai sun sha bamban a kan adadin mutanen da suka kasance tare da Nuhu a cikin jirgin. Ibn Abbas ya ce akwai muminai 80, yayin da Ka'ab al-Ahbar kuma ya ce akwai muminai 72.

The scholars hold different opinions on the number of those who were with Noah on the ship. Ibn Abbas stated that there were 80 believers while Ka ab al Ahbar held that there were 72 believers.

Wasu sun yi iƙirarin cewa akwai mumini goma tare da Nuhu.

Others claimed that there were 10 believers with Noah.

Ruwa ya fito daga tsagewar ƙasa; babu wata tsagewa da ruwa bai fito daga cikinta ba. Ruwan sama kuma ya zubo daga sama da yawan da ba a taba gani ba a bisa duniya. Ruwa ya ci gaba da zubowa daga sama yana fitowa daga tsagewar; sa'a bayan sa'a matakin ruwa yana ƙaruwa. Tekuna da raƙuman ruwa suka mamaye ƙasa.

Water rose from the cracks in the earth; there was not a crack from which water did not rise. rain poured from the sky in quantities never seen before on earth. Water continued pouring from the sky rising from the cracks; hour after hour the level rose. The seas and waves invaded the land.

Ciki na duniya ya motsa ta wata hanya mai ban mamaki, kuma filayen teku sun tashi kwatsam, suka mamaye busasshiyar ƙasa. Duniya, a karon farko, ta nutse a ƙarƙashin ruwa.

The interior of the earth moved in a strange way, and the ocean floors lifted suddenly, flooding the dry land. The earth, for the first time was submerged.

Ya ce: "Ya Ubangijina, lalle ni na ƙarƙasa, don haka ka kare ni"

Allah told the story thus: He (Noah) said:

"Ku shiga cikinta da Sunan Allah, tafiyarta da tsayuwarta za su kasance da Sunansa."

"Embark therein in the Name of Allah will be its moving course and its resting anchorage.

"Lalle ne, Ubangijina Mai yawan gafara ne, Mai yawan jin kai." Sai jirgin ya tafi da su a cikin raƙuman ruwa kamar duwatsu, Nuhu kuwa ya kira ɗansa, wanda ya ware kansa, ya ce: "Ya ɗana! Ka shiga tare da mu, kada kuma ka kasance tare da kafirai." Sai ɗan ya amsa ya ce: "Zan koma wani dutse, zai cece ni daga ruwan." Nuhu ya ce:

Surely, my Lord is Oft Forgiving, most Merciful." So it (the ship) sailed with them amidst the waves like mountains, and Noah called out to his son, who had separated himself (apart), "O my son! Embark with us and be not with the disbeliveers." The son replied, "I will betake myself to a mountain, it will save me from the water." Noah said:

"A yau babu wanda zai tsira daga umarnin Allah sai wanda Ya yi wa rahama." Sai wani igiyar ruwa ta shiga tsakaninsu, sai ya kasance (dan) yana cikin waɗanda suka nutse. (Sura ta 11: 41-43)

"This day there is no savior from the Decree of Allah except him on whom He has mercy." And a wave came in between them so he (the son) was among the drowned." (Ch. 11: 41-43)

An aka ce:

It was said:

"Ya ƙasa! Ki haɗiye ruwanki, kuma ya sama! Ki riƙe (ruwan ki)." Ruwan ya ragu (aka sa shi ya janye), aka kuma cika Hukuncin (Allah) (halakar mutanen Nuhu).

"O Earth! Swallow up your water, and O sky! Withhold (your rain)." The water was diminished (made to subside) and the Decree (of Allah) was fulfilled (the destruction of the people of Noah).

Kuma jirgin ya tsaya a kan Dutsen Judi, aka ce: "Ku nisanta da mutanen azzalumai (masu shirka, kuma masu zalunci)!" Aka ce:

And it (the ship) rested on Mount Judi, and it was said: "Away with the people who are Zalimeen (polytheists, and wrongdoing)!" And it was said:

"Ya Nuhu! Ka sauko (daga cikin jirgin) da aminci daga gare Mu da albarka a kanka da kan al'ummomin da suke tare da kai (da kan wasu daga cikin zuriyarsu), amma (za a samu) wasu al'ummomi da Za Mu ba su jin daɗinsu (na ɗan lokaci), sannan a ƙarshe azaba mai raɗaɗi za ta same su daga gare Mu." (Qur'an 11:41-48)

"O Noah! Come down (from the ship) with peace from Us and blessings on you and on the people o\who are with you(and on some of their offspring), but (there will be other) people to whom We shall grant their pleasures (for a time), but in the end a painful torment will reach them from Us." (Ch 11:41-48 Quran)

Tare da batun umarnin Allah, natsuwa ta dawo duniya, ruwa ya janye, busasshiyar ƙasa kuma ta sake haskakawa cikin hasken rana. Ambaliyar ta tsarkake duniya daga kafirai da masu shirka.

With the issue of the divine command, calm returned to earth, the water retreated, and the dry land shone once again in the rays of the sun. The flood had cleansed the earth of the disbeliveers and polytheists.

Nuhu ya saki tsuntsaye, da dabbobi waɗanda suka warwatse a faɗin duniya. Bayan haka, masu imani suka sauka daga jirgi. Nuhu ya sanya goshinsa a ƙasa cikin sujjada. Waɗanda suka tsira suka kunna wuta suka zauna a kewayenta. An hana kunna wuta a cikin jirgi don kada ya kama itacen jirgin ya ƙone shi. Babu ɗaya daga cikinsu da ya ci abinci mai zafi a tsawon lokacin ambaliyar. Bayan saukar jirgin, an yi azumin rana guda domin godiya ga Allah.

Noah released the birds, and the beats which scattered over the earth. After that the believers disembarked. Noah put his forehead to the ground in prostration. The survivors kindled a fire and sat around it. Lighting a fire had been prohibited on board so as not to ignite the ship's wood and burn it up. None of them had eaten hot food during the entire period of the floor. Following the disembarkation there was a day of fasting in thanks to Allah.

Alqur'ani ya rufe labarin Nuhu. Ba mu san yadda al'amuran sa da mutanensa suka ci gaba ba. Abin da kawai muka sani, ko kuma za mu iya tabbatarwa, shi ne cewa a kan gadon mutuwarsa ya roki ɗansa ya bauta wa Allah shi kaɗai, sannan Nuhu ya rasu. Abdullah Ibn Amr Ibn Al As ya ruwaito cewa Annabi Muhammad ﷺ ya ce: "Lokacin da mutuwar Manzon Allah Nuhu ta kusa, ya yi wa 'ya'yansa wasiyya cewa: 'Lallai ni zan ba ku shawara mai nisa, ina umartar ku da aikata abubuwa biyu, kuma ina gargaɗin ku game da aikata abubuwa biyu. Ina umartar ku da yin imani da cewa babu abin bautawa da gaskiya sai Allah, kuma idan an ajiye sammai bakwai da ƙasa bakwai a gefe ɗaya na ma'auni, sannan a ajiye kalmar "babu abin bautawa da gaskiya sai Allah" a ɗayan gefen, to, wannan kalmar za ta fi wancan nauyi. Ina gargaɗin ku game da haɗa abokan tarayya da Allah da kuma girman kai.'" (Sahihul Bukhari)

The Quran draws the curtain on Noah's story. We do not know how his affairs with his people continued. All we know or can ascertain is that on his deathbed he requested his son to worship Allah alone, Noah then passed away. Abdullah Ibn Amr Ibn Al as narrated that the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said: "When the death of the Messenger of Allah Noah approached, he admonished his sons: 'Indeed I would give you far reaching advice, commanding you to do two things, and warning you against doing two things as well. I charge you to believe that there is no god but Allah and that if the seven heavens and the seven earths were put on one side of a scale and the words "there is no god but Allah" were put on the other, the latter would outweigh the former. I warn you against associating partners with Allah and against pride." (Sahih al Bukhari)

Wasu riwayoyi sun ce kabarinsa yana cikin Masallaci Mai Alfarma da ke Makka, yayin da wasu kuma suka ce an binne shi a Ba'albak, wani birni a Iraki.

Some traditions said that his grave is in the Scared Mosque in Mecca, while others said that he was buried in Baalabak, a city in Iraq.