Hazrat Nuh — Page 4
: followedthis Law until God revealeda new one. It extended to the time of Hazrat Ibrahim, peace be upon him, as he followed as's Shariah. It seems that the first fifty years of as's ministry were the years of spiritual progressfor his • community after which the spiritual condition of his followersbeganto deteriorate. This deterioration reachedits height over nine hundred years.