Yusuf knocked on door after door trying to find someone to play with, and every friend said no. He's ready to give up. Baba tells him about Prophet Nuh, who called his people to Allah for 950 years and was rejected over and over again - yet never stopped trying. When the great flood came, Nuh and the believers were saved aboard the ark that everyone had laughed at. A story about persistence, resilience, and trusting that your effort is never wasted with Allah.

The lesson: Being kind and calling people to what is good is never a waste. Even if no one listens today, you did your part - and Allah sees that.

Sources: 7:59-64 (Nuh’s proclamation; people accuse him of error; they are drowned); 11:25-48 (Full ark narrative: Nuh’s call, command to build, the son’s refusal, the flood, Nuh’s grief, Allah’s response); 23:23-30 (Nuh sent to his people; command to build the ship; boarding and prayer of thanks); 54:9-17 (“He cried unto his Lord: I am vanquished”; gates of heaven opened); 71:1-28 (Surah Nuh: full account of Nuh’s patient calling, rejection, and final prayer); Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Prophets, Hadith 14 (Nuh’s testimony on the Day of Resurrection); Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Prophets, Hadith 15 (Nuh called ‘a thankful slave’); Stories of the Prophets by Ibn Kathir (Details of the five idols, mockery during ark construction, the oven sign, the boarding, and the flood)

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