Al-Furqaan (The Criterion)

37. “And the people of Noah, when they rejected the messengers, We drowned them and made them a sign for mankind; and We have prepared for the unjust a painful chastisement.”

The Qur’an implies that when the people of Noah denied the Divine messengers Allah drowned them and made their fate as a lesson for human beings.

The verse says:

“And the people of Noah, when they rejected the messengers, We drowned them and made them a sign for mankind...”

It is interesting that the Holy Qur’an says:

“...they rejected the messengers (not only one messenger)...”

For, there is not any difference in principles between the call of messengers and prophets of Allah. If one of them is denied, it means that all of them are denied. Moreover, those people were basically against the call of all divine prophets and they denied all religions.

Anyway, the denial of prophets has got both worldly chastisement and the Hereafter punishment.

The holy verse continues saying:

“...and We have prepared for the unjust a painful chastisement.”