The Prophet Noah(AS) The people of Noah'sAS tribe were worshipping idols for many years. They had accepted idols as their gods and hoped these idols would make them prosperous and fortunate in their lives. They used to take refuge in them at the time of misery and call them with various names such as Vad, Swaa, yauuq and Nasr. So, at such a time of disbelief, God appointed NoahAS to be a prophet among this tribe and to guide them. NoahAS was a patient, eloquent and wise man. He was invitingpeople to worship God but they turned their faces away and tried not to see or hear anything. Despite all these rejections, Noah AS was trying to guide them with much patience and tolerance as possible and was always kind and tender while talking to them. This way, Noah continued to invite people to worship God through disputation, reasoning and offering logical proofs for them. Consequently a few people believed in him. But some cruel aristocrats and rich people of the tribe refused to believe him and together started disturbing him. They said to Noah AS: " You're a human being just as we are and a member of our tribe." The second man said: " If God wished to send us a prophet, He would surely send us an angel so that we could pay attention to him and respond to his invitation." " Who are these poor people? See who have become your followers? If you are interested in guiding us, reject these poor ruffians who are believing in you for we cannot follow the same routine or have the same belief as they do. How can we accept a religion which considers the high and the low, the king and the poor equal?" Noah AS answered : " I've brought you the way of salvation but you've treated me with great grudge and obstinacy . One of the men said : " We don't consider you and your followers superior to us. Yes, you are no higher than us from the viewpoint of wisdom, foresightedness and conservatism and we believe you're liars." "You NoahAS ,you had a lot of disputations with us. Now if your words are true makeyour promises about torment come true and send down calamity on us." When Noah made sure that the people of his tribe were quite misled and their hearts were filled with disbelief and corruption and even offering logical proofs and reasoning was of no use to them, he couldn't keep his patience any more. Therefore he said: NoahAS : " Thou the Almighty ! Leaveth not even one of these atheists on earth for if they continue living, they shall mislead your subjects and reproduce. sinful and atheist offspring" God then responded to his request with a divine revelation which said: " Make a ship under My supervision and do not talk about these oppressors anymore to be continued