Story of PROPHET: NOAH - NOOH (عليه السلام) Part 1

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PROPHET: NOAH - NOOH (عليه السلام)

PART: 1

HIS LINEAGE AND BIRTH

He is Noah bin Lamech bin Methuselah bin Enoch (Idris) bin Jared bin Mahalel bib Kenan bin Enos bin Seth bin Adam.

Noah was born after 126 years from the death of Adam, as Ibn Jarir has mentioned it.

According to the history of the People of the Book, mentioned previously, there were 146 years between the death of Adam and the birth of Noah. Ibn Hibban reported in his book Sahih that there were ten centuries between the two of them, as is narrated from Abu Umamah: A man said: “O Messenger of Allah! Was Adam a Prophet? He ﷺ replied:

“Yes, a Prophet to whom (Allah) spoke.” He then asked: “How many years were there between Adam and Noah?”

The Prophet ﷺsaid: “Ten centuries.”

This hadith is narrated according to the conditions of Imam Muslim.

WHAT IS QARN/QUROON

Imam Bukhari has narrated from Ibn Abbas, who reported from the Prophet ﷺsaying: “There were ten centuries (Quroon) between Adam and Noah, they all lived according to Islam.”

If one hundred years is meant by a Qarn, as is generally thought by many people, then there must be at least one thousand years between them. However it could be more, as Ibn Abbas specified those ten centuries as being to be according to Islam. So there should be later centuries, which did not live according to the Islamic teachings, and which required sending of a Messenger.

But if it is meant by a Qarn a generation of people, as the Qur’an sometimes takes it for, then there could be thousands of years between Adam and Noah, as generations of people before Noah used to live a long period of time. The Qur’an says: وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مِن بَعْدِ نُوحٍ (“And how many generations (Quroon) have We destroyed after Noah?”)

It also says in this Verse: ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَا مِن بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْنًا آخَرِينَ

“Then after them, We raised up another generation. (Qarn).

As well as this Verse: “….and many generations (Qaroon) between them.”

Even our Prophet ﷺused the word Qarn in the meaning of generation and said: ...خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي… “The best of generations is my generation.”

اَللّٰهُ أَعْلَم

To be Continued…

ان شاء الله ﺗﻌﺎﻟﯽٰ

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