Who was Nuh? · Islam Museum

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Nuh was the first of the messengers of firm resolve. He called his people for a thousand years less fifty, and only a few believed. He built the ark by God's command, and the believers were saved from the flood. ¹

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al-Amin, the Trustworthy (the Prophet's title before his mission)· The periods and stages of the Prophet's call· The modes (ranks) of revelation· The substance of the call in the opening of al-Muddaththir· The three years of the secret call· The Raising of the Kaaba’s Foundations· The death of the Prophet· The delegation of Banu Hanifa

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islam.museum contributors. “Who was Nuh?”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/questions/who-was-nuh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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al-Amin, the Trustworthy (the Prophet's title before his mission)

The title by which Quraysh called Muhammad before prophethood for the trustworthiness and good qualities they saw in him; they cried it out when he entered as arbiter over the Black Stone during the rebuilding of the Kaaba.