Page 297 - Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an

Harun Yahya

Excavations in the region where the flood is believed to have
occurred also show that the flood was not a universal event, but a wide-
scale disaster that affected part of Mesopotamia.
When the waters subsided, the ark came to rest. As revealed in the
Qur'an, the resting place of the ark was al-Judi. The word "juudee" is
sometimes taken to mean a particular mountain, although the Arabic
word itself means "high place, hill." From that point of view, the word

"juudee" can refer to the waters reaching only up to a certain height and
not to the covering of all the land. In other words, we learn from the
Qur'an that the flood did not swallow up all the land and all the moun-
tains on Earth-as is related in Jewish scriptures and other legends-but
only one particular region.

Archaeological Evidence for the Flood
If a natural disaster, sudden migration or war, for example, should
result in the destruction of a civilisation, traces of that civilisation are
well-protected. The houses people lived in and the objects people used
in their daily lives are quickly buried under the earth. These are thus
conserved for long periods without being touched by human hands.
For students of the past, they provide invaluable clues when they are

finally brought to light.
In recent times, the discovery of a large amount of evidence con-
cerning Nuh's Flood has come to the attention of the world's most
prominent archaeologists and historians. The Flood, believed to have
occurred around 3000 B.C., destroyed an entire civilisation and allowed
an entirely new one to be founded in its place. That evidence of the
Flood was preserved for thousands of years provides a deterrent to
those people who have come after this punishment of the wicked.
Many excavations have been carried out to study the flood, which
was localised on and around the Mesopotamian Plains. Digs in the
region have encountered traces of a flood in four main cities on the

Mesopotamian Plain: Ur, Erech, Kish and Shuruppak. Excavations in

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