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Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an

Apart from those who boarded Prophet Nuh's (as) Ark, the entire
tribe was drowned. The dead included the prophet's son who thought
he could escape by seeking shelter on a mountain.

It was said, "Earth, swallow up your water!" and, "Heaven, hold back
your rain!" And the water subsided and the affair was concluded and
the ark came to land on al-Judi. And it was said, "Away with the peo-
ple of the wrongdoers!" (Qur'an, 11:44)

Compared to the flood accounts contained in Jewish scriptures,
and indeed the various cultural beliefs of other peoples, the Qur'anic
account, which was revealed by Allah and is the only divine text to
have remained uncorrupted, stands as the most reliable of all these
accounts. The Old Testament, a corrupted text, says that this flood was
universal and covered the whole world. On the contrary, it appears
from the relevant verses that the flood was a regional one and punished
not the whole world but only the tribe that rejected Prophet Nuh (as).

Those who were destroyed in it were the people who rejected the mes-
sage of Prophet Nuh (as) and persisted in their denial. There is no indi-
cation in the Qur'an that the flood was universal. The verses on the sub-
ject read:
We sent Nuh to his people: "I am a clear warner to you. Worship none
but Allah. I fear for you the punishment of a painful day." (Qur'an,
11:25-26)
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. (Qur'an, 7:64)
So We rescued him and those with him by mercy from Us, and We cut
off the last remnant of those who denied Our signs and were not
believers. (Qur'an, 7:72)
As we have seen, we are told in the Qur'an that only the people of
Prophet Nuh (as) were destroyed, not the whole world. The corrected
states of the corrupted accounts in Christian and Jewish scriptures in

the Qur'an prove that it is, in its entirety, a book sent down by Allah.

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