Quran Universe
26:105

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ

Kaththabat qawmu noohin almursaleena

The people of Noah denied the messengers

Word by word
  1. كَذَّبَتۡDenied
  2. قَوۡمُ(the) people
  3. نُوحٍ(of) Nuh
  4. ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَthe Messengers
Ash-Shu'ara · 26:105Makkah

Deny one messenger, and you deny them all.

The third story begins: Nuh

What they did
Nuh's peoplefirst to worship idols
denied
the messengersall of them
What one denial means
just one manthey rejected Nuh
all of themone message, one source

Ibn Kathir says Nuh was the first Messenger sent to the people of earth after they started to worship idols. They denied only Nuh, yet Allah says they denied the messengers, because disbelieving in him was like disbelieving in all the Messengers.

You keep the parts of the faith you like and ignore the one that is inconvenient. The prayer yes, the honesty in business maybe not. It is one message from one Lord. Picking and choosing is a quiet kind of denial.

I can accept the parts of the message that fit my life.

The message is one whole. Rejecting part of it touches all of it.

Try this

Pick one teaching you have been ignoring and act on it once today.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir

The people of Nuh denied the Messengers (105)When their brother Nuh said to them: "Will you not have Taqwa? ( 106)"I am a trustworthy Messenger to you. ( 107)"So have Taqwa of Allah, and obey me. ( 108)"No reward do I ask of you for it; my reward is only from the Lord of all that exists. ( 109)"So have Taqwa of Allah, and obey me. ( 110)

Nuh's Preaching to His People, and Their Response

Here Allah tells us about His servant and Messenger Nuh, peace be upon him, who was the first Messenger sent by Allah to the people of earth after they started to worship idols. Allah sent him to forbid that and to warn people of the consequences of idol worship. But his people belied him and continued their evil practice of worshipping idols besides Allah. Allah revealed that their disbelieving in him was akin to disbelieving in all the Messengers, So Allah said:

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ - إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

(The people of Nuh belied the Messengers. When their brother Nuh said to them: "Will you not have Taqwa?") meaning, 'do you not fear Allah when you worship others instead of Him?'

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

(I am a trustworthy Messenger to you.) means, 'I am the Messenger of Allah to you, faithfully fulfilling the mission with which Allah has sent me. I convey the Messages of my Lord to you, and I do not add anything to them or take anything away from them.

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ - وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ

(So have Taqwa of Allah, and obey me. No reward do I ask of you for it;) means, 'I do not want any payment for the advice I give you; I will save my reward for it with Allah.'

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

(So have Taqwa of Allah, and obey me.) 'It is clear to you that I am telling the truth and that I am faithfully fulfilling the mission with which Allah has entrusted me.'