استمر نوح عليه السلام يدعو قومه. ٤

中国语文 - Ma Jian : 我确已派努哈去教化他的宗族，他在他们之间，逗留了九百五十年，洪水就袭击了他们，因为他们是不义的。 To break these assumptions there exists a long list of unusual events and things that have taken place in every kind of creation in every part of the universe For some people such a long life is inconceivable
" The Qur'an and the Bible differ about the age of the Prophet Noah Indonesia - Bahasa Indonesia : Dan sesungguhnya Kami telah mengutus Nuh kepada kaumnya maka ia tinggal di antara mereka seribu tahun kurang lima puluh tahun Maka mereka ditimpa banjir besar dan mereka adalah orangorang yang zalim• Melayu - Basmeih : Dan sesungguhnya Kami telah mengutus Nabi Nuh kepada kaumnya maka tinggalah ia dalam kalangan mereka selama sembilan ratus lima puluh tahun; akhirnya mereka dibinasakan oleh taufan sedang mereka berkeadaan zalim dengan kufur derhaka• Had they desisted from it before the coming of the Flood Allah would not have sent this torment on them

But in this world of God strange happenings are not rare.

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ولقد أرسلنا نوحا إلى قومه فلبث فيهم ألف سنة إلا خمسين عاما فأخذهم الطوفان وهم ظالمون
Wherever one may look one will see extraordinary manifestations of His power
نوح عليه السلام
Somali - Abduh : dhab ahaan baan ugu dirray Nabi Nuux Qoomkiisii wuxuuna ku dhexnagaaday Kun sano oo kontan la'waxaana wabtay dhuufaankii Halaagii Biyaha iyagoo daalimiin ah• English - Sahih International : And We certainly sent Noah to his people and he remained among them a thousand years minus fifty years and the flood seized them while they were wrongdoers• 7: 6 and 9: 28-29
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In particular, the person who has a clear concept of God's being AII-Powerful, cannot be involved in the misunderstanding that it is not possible for God, Who is the Creator of life and death, to grant a life of a thousand years or so to any man
Evidently, he must have been appointed to Prophethood after he had attained his maturity, and must have lived some life after the Flood also He was 600 years old when the Flood came, and lived for another 350 years after the Flood
Maka mereka ditimpa banjir besar yaitu, air bah yang sangat tinggi sehingga tenggelamlah mereka semuanya dan mereka adalah orang-orang yang zalim maksudnya adalah orang-orang yang menyekutukan Allah One should keep the initial verses of the Surah in view in order to understand the relevancy of these stories in this context

The occurrence of certain events and things in a usual form and manner is no proof that the event or thing cannot happen in an unusual and extraordinary way.

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ولقد أرسلنا نوحا إلى قومه فلبث فيهم ألف سنة إلا خمسين عاما فأخذهم الطوفان وهم ظالمون
There, on the one hand, it has been said to the believers, "We have put to the test all those believers who have passed before you", and, on the other, the wicked disbelievers have been warned to the effect: "You should not have the misunderstanding that you will outstrip Us and escape Our grasp
كم عام دعا نوح قومه
The Bible says that he lived for 950 years
كم سنة عاش نوح عليه السلام ؟
Just imagine the patience and resolution and firmness of Our servant who braved such afflictions and hardships continuously for nine and a half centuries
" It is to impress these two things that these historical events are being related here 9-15, AI-Haaqqah: 11-12, Nuh the whole of it
The believers are being told: "You have been suffering persecutions and experiencing stubbornness of your wicked opponents hardly for six years or so Swahili - Al-Barwani : Na hakika tulimtuma Nuhu kwa watu wake na akakaa nao miaka elfu kasoro miaka khamsini Basi tufani liliwachukua nao ni madhaalimu• The same is the aim of the discourse here

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عمر نوح عليه السلام
The fact is that man of his own will and wish cannot live even for a moment, but if Allah wills, He can make him live for as long as He pleases
كم سنة عاش نوح عليه السلام ؟
But according to the Qur'an, he must have lived for at least a thousand years, because 950 years is the time that he spent in preaching his mission after his appointment to Prophethood till the coming of the Flood
نوح عليه السلام