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So in today's Pultba we covered this concept of

not making your love of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

Conditional upon the blessings that he gives to you even though the Prophet

Salallahu alayhi wa sallam said to use the recognition of the blessings that he gives to you as a means of getting close to him

And as a means of developing and growing your love of him

As-Sahana Allah when you look at the story of Nuh alayhi wa sallam you have a very interesting

Surah and plea an actual

story that is recorded very uniquely

Nuh alayhi wa sallam is the first messenger of Allah

We know that from the Prophet's life, so I'm talking about when the messenger's life, so I mentioned

The people on the day of judgment going to Nuh alayhi wa sallam asking him for intercession

And they say you are the first Rasul, the first messenger of Allah

Meaning Nuh alayhi wa sallam was the first one to come with a

legislation and as Ibn Abbas alayhi wa sallam is the first people on earth to commit shirk

They were the first people to attribute God's beside Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

So Nuh alayhi wa sallam is unique in the sense that he has to deal with the first manifestation of shirk

And what was it that they took these righteous men Yahu Tha wa Yairuqah

These people that were known

That Allah subhanaan names in the Quran as righteous people and they turned them into gods

They made idols out of them after their death and they started to worship them

Besides Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala so these were actual monotheists

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