NOAH SHIP MIRACLE AS IN QURAN

1. ALLAH informed Noah that there will be no more believers in his people except those who had already believed Q11;36

وَأُوحِيَ إِلَىٰ نُوحٍ أَنَّهُ لَن يُؤْمِنَ مِن قَوْمِكَ إِلَّا مَن قَدْ آمَنَ فَلَا تَبْتَئِسْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ

translation “And it was revealed to Noah that, “No one will believe from your people except those who have already believed, so do not be distressed by what they have been doing.”—–Allah then instructed Noah to build the ship Q11;37

وَاصْنَعِ الْفُلْكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا وَلَا تُخَاطِبْنِي فِي الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا ۚ إِنَّهُم مُّغْرَقُونَ

translation “And construct the ship under Our observation and Our inspiration and do not address Me concerning those who have wronged; indeed, they are [to be] drowned.””——& here ALLAH shows that he taught Noah how to build the ship & that the ship will be fully built under the care of ALLAH & that the non believers will drown

2. The ship was mainly built of wood planks & nails & ropes Q54;13

وَحَمَلْنَاهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَاحٍ وَدُسُرٍ

translation “And We carried him on a [construction of] planks and nails/ropes “. ——- Noah people were laughing & ridiculing his building of the ship Q11;38

مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ مَلَأٌ مِّن قَوْمِهِ سَخِرُوا مِنْهُ ۚ قَالَ إِن تَسْخَرُوا مِنَّا فَإِنَّا نَسْخَرُ مِنكُمْ كَمَا تَسْخَرُونَ وَيَصْنَعُ الْفُلْكَ وَكُلَّمَا

translation “And he constructed the ship, and whenever an assembly of the eminent of his people passed by him, they ridiculed him. He said, “If you ridicule us, then we will ridicule you just as you ridicule.”——-Then ALLAH sign for the flood came Q11;40

حَتَّىٰ إِذَا جَاءَ أَمْرُنَا وَفَارَ التَّنُّورُ قُلْنَا احْمِلْ فِيهَا مِن كُلٍّ زَوْجَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ الْقَوْلُ وَمَنْ آمَنَ ۚ وَمَا آمَنَ مَعَهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ

translation “[So it was], until when Our command came and the oven overflowed, We said, “Load upon the ship of each [creature] two mates and your family, except those about whom the word has preceded, and [include] whoever has believed.” But none had believed with him, except a few’——–Allah ordered them to embark the ship whereby its drifting & landing will be by Allah & in his name amid extremely high waves Q11;42 وَقَالَ ارْكَبُوا فِيهَا بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ مَجْرَاهَا وَمُرْسَاهَا ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّي لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿٤١﴾ وَهِيَ تَجْرِي بِهِمْ فِي مَوْجٍ كَالْجِبَالِ translation “ And [Noah] said, “Embark therein; in the name of Allah is its course and its anchorage. Indeed, my Lord is Forgiving and Merciful And it sailed with them through waves like mountains,”——-

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3. Quran says that the flood water was due to both very heavy rain & underground ejected water Q54;12

فَفَتَحْنَا أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاءِ بِمَاءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ ﴿١١﴾ وَفَجَّرْنَا الْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَالْتَقَى الْمَاءُ عَلَىٰ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ

translation “Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined. “——–After all the kufar who disbelieved in Noah were drowned including his son & wife , whereby both were among the disbelievers , then ALLAH instructed the earth to swallow its water & the skies to stop raining , then the ship landed safely at a mountain which is thought to be somewhere in Kofa in Iraq , while some think it might be the Tawr mountain in Sinai Q 11;44

وَقِيلَ يَا أَرْضُ ابْلَعِي مَاءَكِ وَيَا سَمَاءُ أَقْلِعِي وَغِيضَ الْمَاءُ وَقُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ وَاسْتَوَتْ عَلَى الْجُودِيِّ ۖ وَقِيلَ بُعْدًا لِّلْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ,

translation ” And it was said O earth, swallow your water, and O sky, withhold [your rain].” And the water subsided, and the matter was accomplished, and the ship came to rest on the [mountain of] Judiyy. And it was said, “Away with the wrongdoing people’————. Now that those who survived were only the believers , yet their descendants were not all the same & many of them disbelieved & Allah send them prophets as reminders & so on

……………By Sheikh “ Muhammad Mutawali Al Sharawi “ (Egypt 1911– 1998)