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has already gone forth: And address Me not in favour of the wrong-doers;
for they shall be drowned (in the Flood)." (Surat al-Muminun: 27)

The Resting of the Ark on a High Place

Then the word went forth: "O earth! swallow up thy water, and O sky!
Withhold (thy rain)!" and the water abated, and the matter was ended. The
Ark rested on Mount Judi, and the word went forth: "Away with those who
do wrong!" (Surah Hud: 44)

The Instructional Aspect of the Flood Incident
We, when the water (of Nuh's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried
you (mankind), in the floating (Ark), That We might make it a Message un-
to you, and that ears (that should hear the tale and) retain its memory sho-
uld bear its (lessons) in remembrance. (Surat al-Haqqa: 11-12)

Allah’s Praise of the Prophet Nuh (as)
Peace and salutation to Nuh among the nations! Thus indeed do we reward
those who do right. For he was one of our believing Servants. (Surat as-Sa-
affat: 79-81)

Was the Flood a Local Disaster or was It Global?

Those who deny the reality of the Flood, support their stance with the
assertion that a worldwide flood is impossible. However, their denial of
any flood whatsoever is also directed as an argument for disbelief.
Yet the Qur’an was revealed by Allah and is the only unaltered Divine
book. The Qur’an gives a very different account of the Flood than the Pen-
tateuch and the other flood legends narrated in various cultures. The Pen-
tateuch, the name given to the first five books of the Old Testament, says
that the flood was cosmic and that it covered the whole world. Yet the
Qur’an does not offer such as assertion, indeed on the contrary, the rele-
vant verses imply that the Flood was regional and did not cover the who-
le world but only drowned Nuh’s (as) people who had been warned by
Nuh (as) and so were punished.

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