Before the flood I remember learning of five prophets who, after their death, were turned into idols and worshipped in place of God. Being that the prophet Noah (Nuh) (peace be upon him) was the only survivor of the flood (assuming a global and not a local flood), and that he was a faithful Nabi (prophet) who spread God's word. Who were the first people to rebel against God and turn towards idolatry in the postdiluvian era?

Qur'an 66:10 says "Allah presents an example of those who disbelieved: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. ...". However, it is forbidden for a Muslim man to marry a disbeliever: > It is permissible for a Muslim man to marry a non-Muslim woman if she is Christian or Jewish, but it is not permissible for him to marry a non-Muslim woman who follows any religion other than these two. -- Islam Q&A And to my knowledge, this is a typical opinion. I'm trying to figure out how these two items fit together. Perhaps Qur'an 66:10 means that they're wives were people of the book. Or perhaps this rule didn't apply during the time of Prophets Lut and Nuh. **Question**: How could Prophets Lut and Nuh marry disbelievers when it's forbidden?

I understand that it is understood that Noah was one of the earliest Prophets. He is particullarly famous for the contraversal flood event. That he lived at least 950 years. My question is; **When did Noah live?** I am willing to hear all theories that should be accepted in a islamic point of view. Preferable would be from islamic sources, such as history, tafsir or ahadith. If there are no sources about a certain time he lived in, estimations based on when prophets lived after him and drawing a minimum timeline might be a last resort.

Assalam O Alaikum! I'm very keen to know how Prophet Noah (AS) manages the animals on his ark? Because the lion's fitra (Nature) is kind of beast animal so he can harm humans or animals like goats and sheeps. > I want to clarify that by saying LION I mean beat animals. They could > be anything since I don't know which kind of animals did Nuh AS take > with Him. So is it Allah (SWT) who make lion's heart soft?

I was educating myself on the different stories of the prophet and in many of these stories, after the people still didn't believe in the words of the prophets (despite many signs), Allah destroyed the city. I was wondering how would I respond to someone who asks:" why would Allah destroy these cities just because they decided to not believe? I thought that this was the reason why there was a day of judgment so that after death Allah will decide if you go to Jannah or not based on how you lived your life. It just seems that Allah is not so merciful if he decides to destroy cities because they don't believe. And why wouldn't Allah destroy the cities of today, since they are much more corrupt now than before?"

In 25:37 it is said that messengers were sent to the people of Nuh. But from the name of the people (Nuh people) it follows that there was only one Nuh. > And the people of Noah – when they denied the messengers, We drowned > them, and We made them for mankind a sign. And We have prepared for > the wrongdoers a painful punishment.25:37 Were many messengers sent to the people of Nuh, or was only Nuh sent? And if there were many messengers, why is the people called the Nuh people in the Quran?

I've been looking at the ages of the prophets and I could understand if they were exceptions who could live much longer than the normal person but yesterday I read this about Prophet Nuh: > [11:27] "But the chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his people said: We do not consider you but a mortal like ourselves, and we do not see any have followed you but those who are the meanest of us at first thought and we do not see in you any excellence over us; nay, we deem you liars." Which implies that his long lifespan was a norm back then for the general population and this is clearly scientifically impossible so I'm very confused at the moment and it's making me question the validity of the Qur'an.

Assalamualaikum, I actually had this question, did the entire world submerged during Nooh's time, Nooh went on a mountain with some people and animals to protect from that flood,but did the entire world submerged during that or just some part of it? And if the world submerged completely, how was it restored?

We know that Prophet Muhammed was sent for all humanity & jinns from his time till the Day of Judgement. But I'd like to verify the claim in one of the answers for the below question: https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/46232/was-prophet-noah-pbuh-a-prophet-for-indian-people i.e **Was Prophet Noah sent for all humanity that existed at his time?**

As we are all descendants of Prophet Adam A.S., I understood the explanation of Hawa A.S. giving birth to various sets of twins of different race and thereafter the marrying of the males to females of a different set to produce various race. However, i then learned we are all descended from Prophet Nuh A.S and that all other lineages had perished *(which is mentioned in this answer )*. **Question:** If we are all descendants of Prophet Nuh A.S., why are we so many races?

On Wikipedia, it says: > The influence of Noah's preaching and prophet-hood spanned 950 years according to Quran. -- Noah in Islam I've seen this claim before, but I don't recall it being in the Qur'an. The reference it gives just says the exact same claim, without pinpointing where in the Qur'an. I didn't find it in Qur'an 71 (Surah Nuh), and Islam Q&A seems to contradict the precise claim on Wikipedia. **Question**: What does the Qur'an say about the age of Prophet Nuh?

I have just read a post ([Lost Prophets of Hinduism and India](https://khurshidimam.blogspot.in/2013/05/lost-prophets-of-hinduism-and-india.html)) and there are several scriptures in Hinduism which talk about the great flood (as mentioned in Quran and Injeel) and story is almost same but with a huge detail in Hinduism (in Matsya puran) and as mentioned in Quran [Surat Hud](https://quran.com/11) that people of Noah believe in discrimination and also mentioned that people used to worship idols, both conditions apply to Hindus and they had Vedas whose text matches with Quran very much like :- > Yajurveda 40.1 > This entire world is embedded within and managed by the One and Only One Ishwar. Never dare do any injustice or desire riches through unjust means. Instead, follow the righteous path and enjoy His bliss. After all, He alone is source of all bliss! > > Rigveda 10.48.5 > Ishwar enlightens the entire world. He is undefeated and undying. He is the creator of the world. All souls should seek bliss through seeking knowledge and acting thereupon. They should never shun the friendship of Ishwar > > Rigveda 10.49.1 > Ishwar alone provides true knowledge to truth seekers. He alone is promoter of knowledge and motivates virtuous people into noble actions to seek bliss. He alone is the creator and manager of the world. Hence never worship anyone else except one and only Ishwar > > Atharvaveda 10.7.38 > Ishwar alone is greatest and worth being worshipped. He is the source of all knowledge and activities. And as per hadith's first revelation that was revealed to Prophet Noah and the oldest book on the earth which was regarded to be God's word is Vedas (the part which matches with Quran, I agree, but most parts match) and who wrote the Veda is still unknown and bhavishya puran also mention "Nuh" name Edit: Also Muhammad (SAW) (PBUH) MENTIONED that on day of judgement Allah (SWT) will also ask prophet that you delivered message than Noah will reply "Yes and than Allah (SWT) will ask the community of Noah has Nuh delivered his message and they will say no "no prophet come to us" indicating that people of Noah (AS) does not even know about their messenger and the same is the case with Hindus they have Vedas but who written that is unknown?