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PT. 18 R. 2. AL-MU'MINÜN CH. 23 وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَى قَوْمِهِ فَقَالَ And We did send Noah to. 24 يقَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللهَ مَالَكُمْ مِنْ الهِ غَيْرُهُ people, serve Allah. You have his people, and he said, 'O my no God other than Him. Will you not then be righteous?' 2528 أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ فَقَالَ الْمَلَؤُا الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ قَوْمِهِ And the chiefs of his. 25 people, who disbelieved, said, 'He is only a man مَا هُذَا إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ يُرِيدُ انْ like yourselves; he seeks to make يَتَفَضَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَوْشَاءَ اللهُ لَأَنْزَلَ himself superior to you. And if مَلَكَةٌ مَّا سَمِعْنَا بِهُنَا فِي أَيَّابِنَا الْأَوَّلِينَ Allah had so willed, "He could have surely sent down angels with him. We have never heard of such a thing among our forefathers. 2529 a7:60; 11:26; 71:2. b7:61; 11:28; 17:95; 34:44. 17:96. 2528. Commentary: In the preceding few verses a brief account was given as to how God has provided for the physical needs of man. From this verse begins an account of the means which God has provided for the satisfaction of his spiritual needs. The coming of Divine Messengers is the first and foremost means provided for this purpose. The present and the next few verses refer to Noah, the first great Prophet who came with a Divinely-revealed Law. He called his people to God, to the path of success and salvation and like other Prophets emphasized the Unity of God which was the pivot round which all the religious beliefs and teachings revolved, and which formed the corner stone of the edifice of all religions. It may be said in passing that humanity had to pass through four cycles to reach its perfect moral and spiritual development: (1) In the cycle of Adam the foundations were laid of human civilization. (2) Noah was the founder of the cycle of the Shari'ah. (3) In the cycle of Moses the details of the Shari'ah were revealed and (4) with the Holy Prophet was completed the fourth and last cycle when the Shari'ah became complete and perfect and attained the highest peak of social, moral and spiritual development. 2529. Commentary: 2205 man The disbelievers have always suffered from a superiority complex and therefore have always rejected