Comparative Index to Islam : NOAH

NOAH
NUH Ar: Nuh,
Heb: Noach (), meaning "rest". In Islam, he is given the title "Preacher for God."

• Ark and, al-A`raf 7:64; Yunus 10:73; Hud 11:25,37-38,40; bani Isra'il 17:3; al-Anbiya' 21:76; al-Hajj 22:42; al-Mu'minun 23:23,27; ash-Shu`ara' 26:106; al-`Ankabut 29:14-15; al-Ahzab 33:7; as-Saffat 37:75; ash-Shura 42:13; al-Qamar 54:13-14; al-Haqqah 69:11; Nuh 71
  • came to rest on Mt. Judi, Hud 11:44
    The Bible records that it rests on Mt. Ararat (Genesis 8:4). It is said that Mt. Judi is one of the peaks in the Ararat mountain range.

  The Chinese character for ship

• flood and, al-A`raf 7:64; Yunus 10:73; Hud 11:40-44; al-Furqan 25:37; al-`Ankabut 29:14,120; al-Qamar 54:9,11-12; Nuh 71

  Readings: Does the Quran Teach a Local Flood?,

• his generation punished by boiling water, Hud 11:40; al-Ahzab 33:27. Compare with Rosh Hashanah 16:2, Sanhedrin 108.

  Readings: How many messengers were sent to Noah's people? and Who are those messengers that were rejected by Noah's people?,

• prayer of Noah, Hud 11:47
• the wife and son of, at-Tahrim 66:10, Hud 11:42-43

  The above Qur'anic verse says that Noah's wife went to hell, and that one of his son was not in the Ark with Noah. However, the Bible says that Noah, his wife, and his three sons and daughters-in-law (8 of them) were the only people saved in the Ark. After the flood, the Bible detailed the descendents of the humand race from these three sons.

  Readings: Noah and his son

• l 'Imran 3:33; an-Nisa' 4:163; al-An`am 6:84-85; al-A`raf 7:59-64,69; at-Taubah 9:70; Yunus 10:71-72; Hud 11:25-33,36-48,89; Ibrahim 14:9; bani Isra'il 17:3,17; Maryam 19:58; al-Anbiya' 21:76; al-Hajj 22:42; al-Mu'minun 23:23-29; al-Furqan 25:37; ash-Shu`ara' 26:105-120; al-`Ankabut 29:14; as-Saffat 37:75-79; Sad 38:12; al-Mu'min 40:5,31; ash-Shura 42:13; Qaf 50:12; adh-Dhariyat 51:46; an-Najm 53:52; al-Qamar 54:9; al-Hadid 57:26; at-Tahrim 66:10

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