His saying: "If only we had a return [to the world]."

15762 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Minjab ibn al-Harith reported to us, Bishr ibn 'Umarah informed us, from Abu Rawq, from al-Dahhak, from Ibn 'Abbas regarding: "If only we had a return to the world," they mean a comeback.

15763 - And with the same chain regarding His saying: "Then we would be among the believers," until intercession becomes permissible for us just as it was permissible for these others.

His saying: "The people of Noah denied the messengers."

15764 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Ibrahim ibn al-Fadl ibn Abi Suwayd reported to us, Abu 'Awanah reported to us, from Qatadah, from Anas, that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "The first prophet sent was Noah (peace be upon him)."

15765 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, 'Abd Allah ibn 'Umar al-Qurashi reported to us, 'Ubadah ibn Kulayb Abu Ghassan al-Laythi reported to us, Muslim Abu 'Abd Allah al-'Abadani reported to us, from Yazid al-Raqashi, he said: "He was only called Nuh [Noah] because of how long he wept [naha] over his own soul."

15766 - My father narrated to us, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Salam in Tarsus reported to us, Ishaq ibn 'Isa ibn al-Tabba' reported to us, from Hammad ibn Salamah, from 'Ali ibn Zayd, from Yusuf ibn Mihran, from Ibn 'Abbas, he said: "Noah was sent at forty years of age, and he remained among his people for a thousand years less fifty years calling them, and he lived sixty years after the Flood until the people increased and multiplied."

His saying: "When their brother Noah said to them: 'Will you not fear Allah? I am for you a trustworthy messenger.'"

15767 - Muhammad ibn al-'Abbas narrated to us, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Salamah reported to us, Salamah reported to us, Muhammad ibn Ishaq reported to us, from one who is not accused, from 'Ubayd ibn 'Umayr al-Laythi, that he used to narrate that it reached him that they used to beat him—meaning Noah (peace be upon him)—and strangle him until he would lose consciousness. When he would recover, he would say: "O Lord, forgive my people, for they do not know." This continued until they persisted in disobedience, the sin became widespread among them in the land, the matter dragged on for him and them, the affliction from them intensified upon him, and generation after generation passed. No generation came except that it was more evil than the one that came before it, to the point that the last of them would say, "This one has been with our fathers and grandfathers like this, a madman," and they would not accept anything from him.