Sálih
Sálih summoned the people for over 100 years and He even went into seclusion, but His admonitions failed[edit]
{See Noah for a possible explanation of the reference to "over a hundred years" of admonishment}
"And after Him there appeared from the Ridván of the Eternal, the Invisible, the holy person of Sálih, Who again summoned the people to the river of everlasting life. For over a hundred years He admonished them to hold fast unto the commandments of God and eschew that which is forbidden. His admonitions, however, yielded no fruit, and His pleading proved of no avail. Several times He retired and lived in seclusion. All this, although that eternal Beauty was summoning the people to no other than the city of God. Even as it is revealed: "And unto the tribe of Thamúd We sent their brother Sálih. `O my people,' said He, `Worship God, ye have none other God beside Him....' They made reply: `O Sálih, our hopes were fixed on thee until now; forbiddest thou us to worship that which our fathers worshipped? Truly we misdoubt that whereunto thou callest us as suspicious.'" {Qur'án 11:61, 62} All this proved fruitless, until at last there went up a great cry, and all fell into utter perdition."
- (Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán, par. 10)
