Islam Rediscovered
19. The Islamic Concept of History
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After the death of Noah, his people continued for a
considerable time to adhere to the divine path
shown by him. But again rot set in in later
generations and they again deviated from the path
of monotheism as well as of justice. God’s
messengers—the Qur’an has mentioned twenty-six
by
name—continued to come for several thousand
years. The Hadith tell us that about one hundred
thousand messengers came to the world. In this
way a long period elapsed between Adam and
Messiah, when God’s messengers continued to
come to the world in almost every generation. But
each time only a few individuals believed in them.
The majority rejected these prophets in every age.
THE REASONS FOR PERVERSION
What were the reasons for this continued
transgression? There were two main reasons; one,
political absolutism; another, ignorance about the
world of nature.
In ancient times, the system of monarchy prevailed
everywhere. The kings of those days had adopted
an easy strategy for the consolidation of their
