Nūḥ
| نوح Nūḥ Noah | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Meccan |
| Position | Juzʼ 29 |
| No. of verses | 28 |
| No. of Rukus | 2 |
| No. of words | 227 |
| No. of letters | 965 |
| Quran |
|---|
Nūḥ[1] (Template:Lang-ar, “Noah”) is the seventy-first chapter (surah) of the Quran with 28 verses (ayat). It is about the Islamic prophet Nūḥ and his complaint about his people rejecting all warning Allah gave them through Nuh. Nuh's themes include: belief in Allah, signs of Allah (the Earth, Sun, Moon), and punishment of denying Allah's message.
Summary
- 1-4 Noah sent as a warner; his message to his people
- 5-20 Noah’s people refuse to believe him, notwithstanding every effort
- 21-26 The people of Noah plot against him and are destroyed
- 27-29 Noah prays for the destruction of the infidels, and for the pardon of his parents and the true believers [2]
In Nuh, the seventy-first surah, the Quran refers to Nuh’s prophethood in snippets. Nuh is a messenger of God. When Nuh realizes the messages are not accepted by the community, he supplicated to God, who planned to flood the community of Nuh at a specified time. God commanded Nuh to warn the people of the flood. God brings forth the water from the skies to prove Nuh’s message to be accurate. In the Quran, the flood is a symbolization of the mercy of God to the believers. God gives the world a new beginning. The disbelievers disbelieved God's message and messenger Nuh so they were drowned. Because his people are unable to grasp the idea of the existence of one God, the lives of Muhammad and Nuh are parallel to each other for the time of the revelation of this surah. The surah was used to increase the faith of the believers; it shows that Nuh before Muhammad had difficulties in dealing with the disbelievers of his time.[citation needed]
Exegesis
1-4 Noah receives message from God
Verses 1–4 discuss the message Nuh received from God (Allah) to share with his community, to serve God.
5-20 the Earth, the sun, the moon are signs of God's existence.
In Verses 5–20, Nuh informs Allah that his people are not accepting his message. Nuh tries to make clear to the people that all of the Earth, the Sun, the Moon are signs of God's existence.
21-25 rid the world of the evildoers
In Verses 21–24, Nuh asks Allah to rid the world of the evildoers because they refused to abandon their idols and encourage others to do the same.
26-28 disbelievers all drowned
In Verses 26–28, the disbelievers were all drowned and sent to hell (as a result of the flood). Nuh asks Allah to forgive the believers and to destroy the disbelievers because their faith will lead many astray.[3]
Surah chronology
The surah is entirely Meccan meaning it was revealed while Muhammad was trying to create a Muslim community in Mecca. According to the Tanzil version, it was the seventy-first surah revealed. It was revealed after the sixteenth surah, An-Nahl ("The Bee") and before the fourteenth Ibrahim ("Abraham").[4] According to Theodor Nöldeke, Nūḥ was the fifty-third surah to be revealed. It was revealed after the thirty-seventh surah Saaffaat ("Those Who Set The Ranks"), and before the seventy-sixth surah, Insaan or Dahr ("Man" or "Time").[5]
References
- ^ Ibn Kathir. "Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Surah Nuh". Quran 4 U. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ Wherry, Elwood Morris (1896). A Complete Index to Sale's Text, Preliminary Discourse, and Notes. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Co.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Haleem, M.A.S. Abdel (2008). The Qur'an : a new translation ([2010 reprint with corrections]. ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199535958.
- ^ Nöldeke, Theodor. "THE QUR'AN". Adam and Charles Black. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
- ^ Edgecomb., Kevin P. "Chronological Order of Quranic Surahs". Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
External links
Works related to The Holy Qur'an (Maulana Muhammad Ali)/71. Noah at Wikisource
