They would pick him up and throw him in a house but upon regaining consciousness...

They would pick him up and throw him in a house but upon regaining consciousness, he would pray: “O’ Lord! Guide my people for they comprehend not!” For approximately nine hundred and fifty years, he invited people towards God, but the people only increased in their rebellion and obstinacy. They would bring their children towards Nuh (a.s.), point him out to them and say: “O’ Children!

If you happen to remain alive after us, beware that you do not follow this insane person!” Then, they would say to him,“O’ Nuh! If you do not stop your speeches, you shall be stoned to death.

These people who follow you, are base and ignoble ones, who have listened to your talks and accepted your invitation without the slightest of reflection and deliberation.” When Nuh (a.s.) spoke to them, they would insert their fingers into their ears and pull their clothes over their heads so that they would neither hear his words nor see his face. The situation reached such an unbearable point that Nuh (a.s.) saw no alternative but to seek God’s help and so he supplicated: “O’ Allah!

I am overpowered. Assist me and grant me relief from them.” [^5] Sakkaki Siraj al-Deen Sakkaki was an Islamic scholar and a native of Kharazm . Sakkaki was a blacksmith by profession. Once, having constructed a tiny and delicate iron chest with great effort and trouble, he decided to present it to the king of the time.

The king and his ministers appreciated the delicate piece of work but while Sakkaki stood by awaiting his reward, a scholar entered the courtroom, whereupon everybody honoured him and sat before him in veneration and respect. Sakkaki was very impressed and askedwho he was. He was informed that he was one of the scholars of that period. Sakkaki lamented the nature of his own profession and decided to seek knowledge instead.

He was thirty years of age when he approached a school and expressed his desire to gain knowledge. The teacher of the school said to him: “At your age, I doubt if you can make any progress. Go away and do not waste your timeunnecessarily*.*” But after a great deal of insistence, Sakkaki procured the permission to engage himself in seeking knowledge. His memory was very weak.