Hazrat Nuh — Page 43
. . -· _. . - __ _,. . . . • I '. ;-- - -----·- , peacebe upon him, told his peoplethat • God had conferred innumerable blessingson them • and they could achievegreatness,a place of dignity and respectamong the nations of the world by fal- lowingthe teachingswhich he had brought. It so happened that in this new land Allah bestowedprosperityto , peace be upon him, and his followers. They laid the foundation of ~ human civilizationand culture and as their culture becamestrong their numbers also beganto increase. On the other hand, the number of lesscivilized com- munities living with them in the same land or the surrounding lands began to decrease. The descend- ants of , peacebe upon him, beingmore civilized and having more material resourcesat their disposalseemed to have spread to other lands and over time absorbedsome of the lesscivilised people.