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Quranic stories 4 - Noah's ship

Posted: Jun 10, 08 11:37am

Quran is the eternal miracle of Islam's prophet. Quran has been responsive all human beings neediness from the first day appearance of Islam and will be forever too.

Quran includes many different subjects like:

Individual, family, sociality, economics, politics, fight & peace, practices, story of past nations, prophets and…

Since Quranic stories are much instructive and interesting, so I'm going to post a (or a part of a) Quranic story (translation of related verses in English), accompanied by a brief interpretation weekly.

I hope these stories would be interesting, serving as an example and considerable to dear readers.

I would be very pleased if you post your comments about the stories and its structive lessons.

Without any doubts the story of rising Noah (A), and his campaigning against opinionated people of his time, and their inauspicious ultimately; is one of the most surprising story of human beings history, and each step of it includes an important lesson and serving as an example.

Noah (A) is one of the prominent prophets which possess the first religious Law and his invitation was universal. His containing invitation was only three words: worshiping unique God, considering chastity, and performing Gods' commands.

Noah story has cited in 29 chapters of holy Quran. The name of Noah (A) has mentioned 43 times in Quran. It has also mentioned in chapters 6,7,8,9 and 10 of Mosaic Law (Old Testament).

Because this story is expressed by many verses of holy Quran; I'll post it in two parts.

Part one; whole verses of chapter 71 – Noah and verses 4:163, 6:84, 29:14-15:

In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate

[Shakir 71:1] Surely we sent Nuh to his people, saying: Warn your people before there come upon them a painful chastisement.

[Shakir 71:2] He said: O my people! Surely I am a plain Warner to you:

[Shakir 71:3] That you should serve Allah and be careful of (your duty to) Him and obey me:

[Shakir 71:4] He will forgive you some of your faults and grant you a delay to an appointed term; surely the term of Allah when it comes is not postponed; did you but know!

[Shakir 71:5] He said: O my Lord! surely I have called my people by night and by day!

[Shakir 71:6] But my call has only made them flee the more:

[Shakir 71:7] And whenever I have called them that Thou mayest forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, cover themselves with their garments, and persist and are puffed up with pride:

[Shakir 71:8] Then surely I called to them aloud:

[Shakir 71:9] Then surely I spoke to them in public and I spoke to them in secret:

[Shakir 71:10] Then I said, Ask forgiveness of your Lord, surely He is the most Forgiving:

[Shakir 71:11] He will send down upon you the cloud, pouring down abundance of rain:

[Shakir 71:12] And help you with wealth and sons, and make for you gardens, and make for you rivers.

[Shakir 71:13] What is the matter with you that you fear not the greatness of Allah?

[Shakir 71:14] And indeed He has created you through various grades:

[Shakir 71:15] Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens ,~ one above another,

[Shakir 71:16] And made the moon therein a light, and made the sun a lamp?

[Shakir 71:17] And Allah has made you grow out of the earth as a growth:

[Shakir 71:18] Then He returns you to it, then will He bring you forth a (new) bringing forth:

[Shakir 71:19] And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse,

[Shakir 71:20] That you may go along therein in wide paths.

[Shakir 71:21] Nuh said: My Lord! surely they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children have added to him nothing but loss.

[Shakir 71:22] And they have planned a very great plan.

[Shakir 71:23] And they say: By no means leave your gods, nor leave Wadd, nor Suwa; nor Yaghus, and Yauq and Nasr.

[Shakir 71:24] And indeed they have led astray many, and do not increase the unjust in aught but error.

[Shakir 71:25] Because of their wrongs they were drowned, then made to enter fire, so they did not find any helpers besides Allah.

[Shakir 71:26] And Nuh said: My Lord! leave not upon the land any dweller from among the unbelievers:

[Shakir 71:27] For surely if Thou leave them they will lead astray Thy servants, and will not beget any but immoral, ungrateful (children)

[Shakir 71:28] My Lord! forgive me and my parents and him who enters my house believing, and the believing men and the believing women; and do not increase the unjust in aught but destruction!

[Shakir 4:163] Surely We have revealed to you as We revealed to Nuh, and the prophets after him, and We revealed to Ibrahim and Ismail and Ishaq and Yaqoub and the tribes, and Isa and Ayub and Yunus and Haroun and Sulaiman and We gave to Dawood Psalms.

[Shakir 6:84] And We gave to him Ishaq and Yaqoub; each did We guide, and Nuh did We guide before, and of his descendants, Dawood and Sulaiman and Ayub and Yusuf and Haroun; and thus do We reward those who do good (to others).

[Shakir 29:14] And certainly We sent Nuh to his people, so he remained among them a thousand years save fifty years. And the deluge overtook them, while they were unjust.

[Shakir 29:15] So we delivered him and the inmates of the ark, and made it a sign to the nations.

Lessons and points of part one:

1 – Flight from reality! Why?

In spite of incomparable compassionately perseverance invitation of Noah (A), his people not only didn't accept his words but also they didn't let him to tell his words or deliver his message! And after 950 years invitation; only 80 people converted to his religion. (It is said that Noah (A) lived 1450 or 2500 years)

2 – From a few verses, it is drawn on that faith and justice are causes of populousness of the societies and blasphemy, oppression and sin are causes of desolation of the societies.

[Shakir 5:66] And if they had kept up the Taurat and the Injeel and that which was revealed to them from their Lord, they would certainly have eaten from above them and from beneath their feet there is a party of them keeping to the moderate course, and (as for) most of them, evil is that which they do

3 - Verse 71:16 reminders one of the miracles of holy Quran:

1400 years ago, God has introduced sun as a lamp and moon as a light. Because the light of sun is agitated from inside itself, but the moonlight is a reflection of sunlight.

4 – In verses 71:17-18, God says to mankind:

And Allah has made you grow out of the earth as a growth.

Then He returns you to it, and then will He bring you forth a (new) bringing forth.

(God who created mankind from soil, He is able to live us again from soil.

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Quranic stories 4 – Noah's ship (part two)

Part two includes verses from chapters 11 (Hud) 25-49, and 23 (Believers) 23-31

In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate

[Shakir 11:25] And certainly We sent Nuh to his people: Surely I am a plain warner for you:

[Shakir 11:26] That you shall not serve any but Allah, surely I fear for you the punishment of a painful day.

[Shakir 11:27] But the chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his people said: We do not consider you but a mortal like ourselves, and we do not see any have followed you but those who are the meanest of us at first thought and we do not see in you any excellence over us; nay, we deem you liars.

[Shakir 11:28] He said: O my people! tell me if I have with me clear proof from my Lord, and He has granted me mercy from Himself and it has been made obscure to you; shall we constrain you to (accept) it while you are averse from it?

[Shakir 11:29] And, O my people! I ask you not for wealth in return for it; my reward is only with Allah and I am not going to drive away those who believe; surely they shall meet their Lord, but I consider you a people who are ignorant:

[Shakir 11:30] And, O my people! Who will help me against Allah if I drive them away? Will you not then mind?

[Shakir 11:31] And I do not say to you that I have the treasures of Allah and I do not know the unseen, nor do I say that I am an angel, nor do I say about those whom your eyes hold in mean estimation (that) Allah will never grant them (any) good-- Allah knows best what is in their souls-- for then most surely I should be of the unjust.

[Shakir 11:32] They said: O Nuh! Indeed you have disputed with us and lengthened dispute with us, therefore bring to us what you threaten us with, if you are of the truthful ones.

[Shakir 11:33] He said: Allah only will bring it to you if He please, and you will not escape:

[Shakir 11:34] And if I intend to give you good advice, my advice will not profit you if Allah intended that He should leave you to go astray; He is your Lord, and to Him shall you be returned.

[Shakir 11:35] Or do they say: He has forged it? Say: If I have forged it, on me is my guilt, and I am clear of that of which you are guilty.

[Shakir 11:36] And it was revealed to Nuh: That none of your people will believe except those who have already believed, therefore do not grieve at what they do:

[Shakir 11:37] And make the ark before Our eyes and (according to) Our revelation, and do not speak to Me in respect of those who are unjust; surely they shall be drowned.

[Shakir 11:38] And he began to make the ark; and whenever the chiefs from among his people passed by him they laughed at him. He said: If you laugh at us, surely we too laugh at you as you laugh (at us).

[Shakir 11:39] So shall you know who it is on whom will come a chastisement which will disgrace him, and on whom will lasting chastisement come down.

[Shakir 11:40] Until when Our command came and water came forth from the valley, We said: Carry in it two of all things, a pair, and your own family-- except those against whom the word has already gone forth, and those who believe. And there believed not with him but a few.

[Shakir 11:41] And he said: Embark in it, in the name of Allah be its sailing and its anchoring; most surely my Lord is Forgiving, Merciful.

[Shakir 11:42] And it moved on with them amid waves like mountains; and Nuh called out to his son, and he was aloof: O my son! embark with us and be not with the unbelievers.

[Shakir 11:43] He said: I will betake myself for refuge to a mountain that shall protect me from the water. Nuh said: There is no protector today from Allah's punishment but He Who has mercy; and a wave intervened between them, so he was of the drowned.

[Shakir 11:44] And it was said: O earth, swallow down your water, and O cloud, clear away; and the water was made to abate and the affair was decided, and the ark rested on the Judi, and it was said: Away with the unjust people.

[Shakir 11:45] And Nuh cried out to his Lord and said: My Lord! Surely my son is of my family, and Thy promise is surely true, and Thou art the most just of the judges.

[Shakir 11:46] He said: O Nuh! Surely he is not of your family; surely he is (the doer of) other than good deeds, therefore ask not of Me that of which you have no knowledge; surely I admonish you lest you may be of the ignorant

[Shakir 11:47] He said: My Lord! I seek refuge in Thee from asking Thee that of which I have no knowledge; and if Thou shouldst not forgive me and have mercy on me, I should be of the losers.

[Shakir 11:48] It was said: O Nuh! Descend with peace from Us and blessings on you and on the people from among those who are with you, and there shall be nations whom We will afford provisions, then a painful punishment from Us shall afflict them.

[Shakir 11:49] These are announcements relating to the unseen which We reveal to you, you did not know them-- (neither) you nor your people-- before this; therefore be patient; surely the end is for those who guard (against evil).

Verses from chapter 23 (Believers=Moemenoon)

[Shakir 23:23] And certainly We sent Nuh to his people, and he said: O my people! Serve Allah, you have no god other than Him; will you not then guard (against evil)?

[Shakir 23:24] And the chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his people said: He is nothing but a mortal like yourselves who desires that he may have superiority over you, and if Allah had pleased, He could certainly have sent down angels. We have not heard of this among our fathers of yore:

[Shakir 23:25] He is only a madman, so bear with him for a time.

[Shakir 23:26] He said: O my Lord! Help me against their calling me a liar.

[Shakir 23:27] So We revealed to him, saying: Make the ark before Our eyes and (according to) Our revelation; and when Our command is given and the valley overflows, take into it of every kind a pair, two, and your followers, except those among them against whom the word has gone forth, and do not speak to Me in respect of those who are unjust; surely they shall be drowned.

[Shakir 23:28] And when you are firmly seated, you and those with you, in the ark, say: All praise is due to Allah who delivered us from the unjust people:

[Shakir 23:29] And say: O my Lord! Cause me to disembark a blessed alighting, and Thou art the best to cause to alight.

[Shakir 23:30] Most surely there are signs in this, and most surely We are ever trying (men).

[Shakir 23:31] Then We raised up after them another generation.

Lessons and points of part two:

1 – Based on verse 11:31; prescience, absolutely and without any condition, is only allocated to God, but how much He thinks it advisable, He awards prescience to His prophets or saints.

[Shakir 72:26] The Knower of the unseen! so He does not reveal His secrets to any,

[Shakir 72:27] Except to him whom He chooses as a messenger; for surely He makes a guard to march before him and after him,

2 – One of the signs of opinionated people is mocking poor pure faithful people.

3 – It is said that Noah's ship, had been 600 meters length and 300 meters width.

Based on some history books, from 40 years before Noah's flood, because of an unknown disease, women didn't pregnant. In fact this was a preamble of their punishment.

4 – Was Noah' flood universal?

Based on many history books, that was a universal flood! And for this reason, it is said that all present races of human beings are generation of three sons of Noah (Ham, Sam and Yafeth), whom lived after Noah's flood.

5 – Puppet refuges!

Usually man in difficulties of his life, seek refuge in something; some people take refuge in their wealth, some groups in their position, some others in their body or mind abilities and some in …

But as above verses says and as history has shown, none of these refuges can resist in front of God commands, like spider's webs in front of a dreadfully formidable storm would break up quickly.

Even material grafts (relationship, lineage, parentage friendship and …) in divine religions are eclipsed by the moral grafts; like Kanaan (one of Noah's son), who was disagreeing with his father (his prophet), and was drowned.

6 – Refining, but not vengeance!

Divine punishment isn't a way of taking vengeance, but it is refining mankind for annihilating who are not deserving to live and remaining piousness people.

7 – Saving ship

Saving from a strong flood is impossible without having a trustable saving ship.

Of course, it is not necessary that this saving ship be made of wood and metal, but it can be a positive, promoter life-bestowing religion, which strongly resist in front of storm's waves of deviation thoughts and reach its followers to a saving beach.

Quranic stories 4 – Noah's ship (part two) Part two includes verses from chapters 11 (Hud) 25-49, and 23 (Believers) 23-31 In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate [Shakir 11:25] And certainly We sent Nuh to his people: Surely I am a plain warner for you: [Shakir 11:26] That you shall not serve any but Allah, surely I fear for you the punishment of a painful day. [Shakir 11:27] But the chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his people said: We do not consider you but a mortal like ourselves, and we do not see any have followed you but those who are the meanest of us at first thought and we do not see in you any excellence over us; nay, we deem you liars. [Shakir 11:28] He said: O my people! tell me if I have with me clear proof from my Lord, and He has granted me mercy from Himself and it has been made obscure to you; shall we constrain you to (accept) it while you are averse from it? [Shakir 11:29] And, O my people! I ask you not for wealth in return for it; my reward is only with Allah and I am not going to drive away those who believe; surely they shall meet their Lord, but I consider you a people who are ignorant: [Shakir 11:30] And, O my people! Who will help me against Allah if I drive them away? Will you not then mind? [Shakir 11:31] And I do not say to you that I have the treasures of Allah and I do not know the unseen, nor do I say that I am an angel, nor do I say about those whom your eyes hold in mean estimation (that) Allah will never grant them (any) good-- Allah knows best what is in their souls-- for then most surely I should be of the unjust. [Shakir 11:32] They said: O Nuh! Indeed you have disputed with us and lengthened dispute with us, therefore bring to us what you threaten us with, if you are of the truthful ones. [Shakir 11:33] He said: Allah only will bring it to you if He please, and you will not escape: [Shakir 11:34] And if I intend to give you good advice, my advice will not profit you if Allah intended that He should leave you to go astray; He is your Lord, and to Him shall you be returned. [Shakir 11:35] Or do they say: He has forged it? Say: If I have forged it, on me is my guilt, and I am clear of that of which you are guilty. [Shakir 11:36] And it was revealed to Nuh: That none of your people will believe except those who have already believed, therefore do not grieve at what they do: [Shakir 11:37] And make the ark before Our eyes and (according to) Our revelation, and do not speak to Me in respect of those who are unjust; surely they shall be drowned. [Shakir 11:38] And he began to make the ark; and whenever the chiefs from among his people passed by him they laughed at him. He said: If you laugh at us, surely we too laugh at you as you laugh (at us). [Shakir 11:39] So shall you know who it is on whom will come a chastisement which will disgrace him, and on whom will lasting chastisement come down. [Shakir 11:40] Until when Our command came and water came forth from the valley, We said: Carry in it two of all things, a pair, and your own family-- except those against whom the word has already gone forth, and those who believe. And there believed not with him but a few. [Shakir 11:41] And he said: Embark in it, in the name of Allah be its sailing and its anchoring; most surely my Lord is Forgiving, Merciful. [Shakir 11:42] And it moved on with them amid waves like mountains; and Nuh called out to his son, and he was aloof: O my son! embark with us and be not with the unbelievers. [Shakir 11:43] He said: I will betake myself for refuge to a mountain that shall protect me from the water. Nuh said: There is no protector today from Allah's punishment but He Who has mercy; and a wave intervened between them, so he was of the drowned. [Shakir 11:44] And it was said: O earth, swallow down your water, and O cloud, clear away; and the water was made to abate and the affair was decided, and the ark rested on the Judi, and it was said: Away with the unjust people. [Shakir 11:45] And Nuh cried out to his Lord and said: My Lord! Surely my son is of my family, and Thy promise is surely true, and Thou art the most just of the judges. [Shakir 11:46] He said: O Nuh! Surely he is not of your family; surely he is (the doer of) other than good deeds, therefore ask not of Me that of which you have no knowledge; surely I admonish you lest you may be of the ignorant [Shakir 11:47] He said: My Lord! I seek refuge in Thee from asking Thee that of which I have no knowledge; and if Thou shouldst not forgive me and have mercy on me, I should be of the losers. [Shakir 11:48] It was said: O Nuh! Descend with peace from Us and blessings on you and on the people from among those who are with you, and there shall be nations whom We will afford provisions, then a painful punishment from Us shall afflict them. [Shakir 11:49] These are announcements relating to the unseen which We reveal to you, you did not know them-- (neither) you nor your people-- before this; therefore be patient; surely the end is for those who guard (against evil). Verses from chapter 23 (Believers=Moemenoon) [Shakir 23:23] And certainly We sent Nuh to his people, and he said: O my people! Serve Allah, you have no god other than Him; will you not then guard (against evil)? [Shakir 23:24] And the chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his people said: He is nothing but a mortal like yourselves who desires that he may have superiority over you, and if Allah had pleased, He could certainly have sent down angels. We have not heard of this among our fathers of yore: [Shakir 23:25] He is only a madman, so bear with him for a time. [Shakir 23:26] He said: O my Lord! Help me against their calling me a liar. [Shakir 23:27] So We revealed to him, saying: Make the ark before Our eyes and (according to) Our revelation; and when Our command is given and the valley overflows, take into it of every kind a pair, two, and your followers, except those among them against whom the word has gone forth, and do not speak to Me in respect of those who are unjust; surely they shall be drowned. [Shakir 23:28] And when you are firmly seated, you and those with you, in the ark, say: All praise is due to Allah who delivered us from the unjust people: [Shakir 23:29] And say: O my Lord! Cause me to disembark a blessed alighting, and Thou art the best to cause to alight. [Shakir 23:30] Most surely there are signs in this, and most surely We are ever trying (men). [Shakir 23:31] Then We raised up after them another generation. Lessons and points of part two: 1 – Based on verse 11:31; prescience, absolutely and without any condition, is only allocated to God, but how much He thinks it advisable, He awards prescience to His prophets or saints. [Shakir 72:26] The Knower of the unseen! so He does not reveal His secrets to any, [Shakir 72:27] Except to him whom He chooses as a messenger; for surely He makes a guard to march before him and after him, 2 – One of the signs of opinionated people is mocking poor pure faithful people. 3 – It is said that Noah's ship, had been 600 meters length and 300 meters width. Based on some history books, from 40 years before Noah's flood, because of an unknown disease, women didn't pregnant. In fact this was a preamble of their punishment. 4 – Was Noah' flood universal? Based on many history books, that was a universal flood! And for this reason, it is said that all present races of human beings are generation of three sons of Noah (Ham, Sam and Yafeth), whom lived after Noah's flood. 5 – Puppet refuges! Usually man in difficulties of his life, seek refuge in something; some people take refuge in their wealth, some groups in their position, some others in their body or mind abilities and some in … But as above verses says and as history has shown, none of these refuges can resist in front of God commands, like spider's webs in front of a dreadfully formidable storm would break up quickly. Even material grafts (relationship, lineage, parentage friendship and …) in divine religions are eclipsed by the moral grafts; like Kanaan (one of Noah's son), who was disagreeing with his father (his prophet), and was drowned. 6 – Refining, but not vengeance! Divine punishment isn't a way of taking vengeance, but it is refining mankind for annihilating who are not deserving to live and remaining piousness people. 7 – Saving ship Saving from a strong flood is impossible without having a trustable saving ship. Of course, it is not necessary that this saving ship be made of wood and metal, but it can be a positive, promoter life-bestowing religion, which strongly resist in front of storm's waves of deviation thoughts and reach its followers to a saving beach.

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Quranic stories 4 – Noah's ship (part two)
Part two includes verses from chapters 11 (Hud) 25-49, and 23 (Believers) 23-31

In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate

[Shakir 11:25] And certainly We sent Nuh to his people: Surely I am a plain warner for you:
[Shakir 11:26] That you shall not serve any but Allah, surely I fear for you the punishment of a painful day.
[Shakir 11:27] But the chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his people said: We do not consider you but a mortal like ourselves, and we do not see any have followed you but those who are the meanest of us at first thought and we do not see in you any excellence over us; nay, we deem you liars.
[Shakir 11:28] He said: O my people! tell me if I have with me clear proof from my Lord, and He has granted me mercy from Himself and it has been made obscure to you; shall we constrain you to (accept) it while you are averse from it?
[Shakir 11:29] And, O my people! I ask you not for wealth in return for it; my reward is only with Allah and I am not going to drive away those who believe; surely they shall meet their Lord, but I consider you a people who are ignorant:
[Shakir 11:30] And, O my people! Who will help me against Allah if I drive them away? Will you not then mind?
[Shakir 11:31] And I do not say to you that I have the treasures of Allah and I do not know the unseen, nor do I say that I am an angel, nor do I say about those whom your eyes hold in mean estimation (that) Allah will never grant them (any) good-- Allah knows best what is in their souls-- for then most surely I should be of the unjust.
[Shakir 11:32] They said: O Nuh! Indeed you have disputed with us and lengthened dispute with us, therefore bring to us what you threaten us with, if you are of the truthful ones.
[Shakir 11:33] He said: Allah only will bring it to you if He please, and you will not escape:
[Shakir 11:34] And if I intend to give you good advice, my advice will not profit you if Allah intended that He should leave you to go astray; He is your Lord, and to Him shall you be returned.
[Shakir 11:35] Or do they say: He has forged it? Say: If I have forged it, on me is my guilt, and I am clear of that of which you are guilty.
[Shakir 11:36] And it was revealed to Nuh: That none of your people will believe except those who have already believed, therefore do not grieve at what they do:
[Shakir 11:37] And make the ark before Our eyes and (according to) Our revelation, and do not speak to Me in respect of those who are unjust; surely they shall be drowned.
[Shakir 11:38] And he began to make the ark; and whenever the chiefs from among his people passed by him they laughed at him. He said: If you laugh at us, surely we too laugh at you as you laugh (at us).
[Shakir 11:39] So shall you know who it is on whom will come a chastisement which will disgrace him, and on whom will lasting chastisement come down.
[Shakir 11:40] Until when Our command came and water came forth from the valley, We said: Carry in it two of all things, a pair, and your own family-- except those against whom the word has already gone forth, and those who believe. And there believed not with him but a few.
[Shakir 11:41] And he said: Embark in it, in the name of Allah be its sailing and its anchoring; most surely my Lord is Forgiving, Merciful.
[Shakir 11:42] And it moved on with them amid waves like mountains; and Nuh called out to his son, and he was aloof: O my son! embark with us and be not with the unbelievers.
[Shakir 11:43] He said: I will betake myself for refuge to a mountain that shall protect me from the water. Nuh said: There is no protector today from Allah's punishment but He Who has mercy; and a wave intervened between them, so he was of the drowned.
[Shakir 11:44] And it was said: O earth, swallow down your water, and O cloud, clear away; and the water was made to abate and the affair was decided, and the ark rested on the Judi, and it was said: Away with the unjust people.
[Shakir 11:45] And Nuh cried out to his Lord and said: My Lord! Surely my son is of my family, and Thy promise is surely true, and Thou art the most just of the judges.
[Shakir 11:46] He said: O Nuh! Surely he is not of your family; surely he is (the doer of) other than good deeds, therefore ask not of Me that of which you have no knowledge; surely I admonish you lest you may be of the ignorant 
[Shakir 11:47] He said: My Lord! I seek refuge in Thee from asking Thee that of which I have no knowledge; and if Thou shouldst not forgive me and have mercy on me, I should be of the losers.
[Shakir 11:48] It was said: O Nuh! Descend with peace from Us and blessings on you and on the people from among those who are with you, and there shall be nations whom We will afford provisions, then a painful punishment from Us shall afflict them.
[Shakir 11:49] These are announcements relating to the unseen which We reveal to you, you did not know them-- (neither) you nor your people-- before this; therefore be patient; surely the end is for those who guard (against evil).

Verses from chapter 23 (Believers=Moemenoon)

[Shakir 23:23] And certainly We sent Nuh to his people, and he said: O my people! Serve Allah, you have no god other than Him; will you not then guard (against evil)?
[Shakir 23:24] And the chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his people said: He is nothing but a mortal like yourselves who desires that he may have superiority over you, and if Allah had pleased, He could certainly have sent down angels. We have not heard of this among our fathers of yore:
[Shakir 23:25] He is only a madman, so bear with him for a time.
[Shakir 23:26] He said: O my Lord! Help me against their calling me a liar.
[Shakir 23:27] So We revealed to him, saying: Make the ark before Our eyes and (according to) Our revelation; and when Our command is given and the valley overflows, take into it of every kind a pair, two, and your followers, except those among them against whom the word has gone forth, and do not speak to Me in respect of those who are unjust; surely they shall be drowned.
[Shakir 23:28] And when you are firmly seated, you and those with you, in the ark, say: All praise is due to Allah who delivered us from the unjust people:
[Shakir 23:29] And say: O my Lord! Cause me to disembark a blessed alighting, and Thou art the best to cause to alight.
[Shakir 23:30] Most surely there are signs in this, and most surely We are ever trying (men).
[Shakir 23:31] Then We raised up after them another generation.

Lessons and points of part two:

1 – Based on verse 11:31; prescience, absolutely and without any condition, is only allocated to God, but how much He thinks it advisable, He awards prescience to His prophets or saints.

[Shakir 72:26] The Knower of the unseen! so He does not reveal His secrets to any,
[Shakir 72:27] Except to him whom He chooses as a messenger; for surely He makes a guard to march before him and after him,
2 – One of the signs of opinionated people is mocking poor pure faithful people.

3 – It is said that Noah's ship, had been 600 meters length and 300 meters width.
 
Based on some history books, from 40 years before Noah's flood, because of an unknown disease, women didn't pregnant. In fact this was a preamble of their punishment.

4 – Was Noah' flood universal?
Based on many history books, that was a universal flood! And for this reason, it is said that all present races of human beings are generation of three sons of Noah (Ham, Sam and Yafeth), whom lived after Noah's flood.

5 – Puppet refuges!
Usually man in difficulties of his life, seek refuge in something; some people take refuge in their wealth, some groups in their position, some others in their body or mind abilities and some in …
But as above verses says and as history has shown, none of these refuges can resist in front of God commands, like spider's webs in front of a dreadfully formidable storm would break up quickly. 
Even material grafts (relationship, lineage, parentage friendship and …) in divine religions are eclipsed by the moral grafts; like Kanaan (one of Noah's son), who was disagreeing with his father (his prophet), and was drowned.

6 – Refining, but not vengeance!
Divine punishment isn't a way of taking vengeance, but it is refining mankind for annihilating who are not deserving to live and remaining piousness people.

7 – Saving ship
Saving from a strong flood is impossible without having a trustable saving ship.
Of course, it is not necessary that this saving ship be made of wood and metal, but it can be a positive, promoter life-bestowing religion, which strongly resist in front of storm's waves of deviation thoughts and reach its followers to a saving beach.

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Tesha

Posted: Jun 17, 08 2:00pm

I didn't know all this at all. It is wonderful to find all these thing. Sometimes if people would listen and read instead of jumping around and getting the wrong idea's about people and faiths too.

Once again this is wonderful and thank you again.

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