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We sent Noah to his people and he remained among them for
fifty short of a thousand years; yet the Flood engulfed them
while they were wrongdoers. (Surat al-'Ankabut, 14)

The Prophet Noah (as) spent many years advising the people to
whom he was sent as a Prophet to put an end to ascribing partners to
Allah and abandon their improper behavior or they would pay a heavy
price. Even though he warned his people about the wrath of Allah sever-
al times, they still disbelieved in him and continued to worship a number
of false “gods” and idols. At this, Allah told the Prophet Noah (as) that
He would punish those who denied Him by drowning them, but that be-
lievers would be saved. The destruction of the people of Noah (as) and
the salvation of those who believed is described as follows in the Qur'an:
But they denied him so We rescued him and those with him in
the Ark. And We drowned the people who denied Our Signs.
They were a blind people. (Surat al-A'raf, 64)

The events that took place when the time for Allah's promised pun-
ishment came are described thus:
So when Our command came, and water bubbled up from the
earth, We said, 'Load into it a pair of every species, and your fam-
ily –except for those against whom the Word was preor-

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