Every time a group of his people passed by, they laughed at the old man building a ship on dry land. Nuh did not stop to win the argument, and did not stop building. Mockery did not change the plan, because the plan was Allah's.
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Laughed at while building the ark. Rejected at Ta'if. Neither one changed course.
His people mocked his prayer and his preaching. Shu'ayb did not mock back. He calmly explained his intention: "I do not want to do behind your backs what I forbid you from. I only want reform, as much as I can."
His whole storyRejected at Ta'if, he walked away in grief. The angel of the mountains offered to crush the town between two mountains. He refused, and chose hope for their children instead: that one day their descendants would worship Allah.
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