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Nuh

The Messenger of the Ark · also called Noah · نوح
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Nuh, peace be upon him, called his people to Allah patiently for a very long time, and the Quran names him in 43 verses. His story of calling, the ship, and the flood is told across many surahs, and one whole surah bears his name. The Quran is the final revelation and the measure by which earlier accounts are read.

Named in the Quran
1.
Quran 7:59
“We had certainly sent Noah to his people, and he said, ‘O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous Day.”
His first call: worship Allah, you have no deity other than Him.
2.
Quran 11:42
“And it sailed with them through waves like mountains, and Noah called to his son who was apart [from them], ‘O my son, come aboard with us and be not with the disbelievers.’”
He calls his son to come aboard the ship, but the son stays apart.
3.
Quran 11:46
“He said, ‘O Noah, indeed he is not of your family; indeed, he is [one whose] work was other than righteous, so ask Me not for that about which you have no knowledge. Indeed, I advise you, lest you be among the ignorant.’”
Even a prophet is told not to ask Allah about what he has no knowledge of.
4.
Quran 21:76
“And [mention] Noah, when he called [to Allah] before [that time], so We responded to him and saved him and his family from the great flood.”
Noah called on Allah, was answered, and was saved with his family from the great flood.
5.
Quran 29:14
“And We certainly sent Noah to his people, and he remained among them a thousand years minus fifty years, and the flood seized them while they were wrongdoers.”
He remained among his people a thousand years minus fifty.
6.
Quran 33:7
“And [mention, O Muhammad], when We took from the prophets their covenant and from you and from Noah and Abraham and Moses and Jesus, the son of Mary; and We took from them a solemn covenant.”
Noah is one of five prophets named in the solemn covenant, together with Muhammad, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus.
7.
Quran 37:79
“‘Peace upon Noah among the worlds.’”
Allah sends peace upon Noah among the worlds.
8.
Quran 57:26
“And We have already sent Noah and Abraham and placed in their descendants prophethood and scripture; and among them is he who is guided, but many of them are defiantly disobedient.”
Prophethood and scripture are placed in the descendants of Noah and Abraham.
9.
Quran 66:10
“Allah presents an example of those who disbelieved: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. They were under two of Our righteous servants but betrayed them, so those prophets did not avail them from Allah at all, and it was said, ‘Enter the Fire with those who enter.’”
The wife of Noah is given as an example of disbelievers, though she lived under a righteous servant.
10.
Quran 71:1
“Indeed, We sent Noah to his people, [saying], ‘Warn your people before there comes to them a painful punishment.’”
The opening of Surah Nuh: he is sent to warn his people before a painful punishment.
Also named in
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In earlier scripture

The Quran

The final word
Quran 7:64
“But they denied him, so We saved him and those who were with him in the ship. And We drowned those who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a blind people.”
Quran 23:27
“So We inspired to him, ‘Construct the ship under Our observation, and Our inspiration, and when Our command comes and the oven overflows, put into the ship from each [creature] two mates and your family, except those for whom the decree [of destruction] has proceeded. And do not address Me concerning those who have wronged; indeed, they are to be drowned.”
The command to build the ship, given by inspiration.

The Bible

Where the Bible tells of him · Genesis, in the King James Version
Genesis 6:9
“These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.”
Genesis 6:14
“Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.”
Genesis 7:7
“And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.”

Christians and Jews read these Bible passages differently. This page presents them as the Quran frames them, with the Quran as the final revelation and the measure for what came before.

Preview draft. Quran quotations follow the Sahih International translation and Bible quotations are from the King James Version; all will be checked against sources before publishing.