Had they desisted from it before the coming of the Flood Allah would not have sent this torment on them | " The Qur'an and the Bible differ about the age of the Prophet Noah |
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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。 " It is to impress these two things that these historical events are being related here | The same is the aim of the discourse here |
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.
Just imagine the patience and resolution and firmness of Our servant who braved such afflictions and hardships continuously for nine and a half centuries | 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• 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 |
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7: 6 and 9: 28-29 | 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 |
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• For some people such a long life is inconceivable | 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• One should keep the initial verses of the Surah in view in order to understand the relevancy of these stories in this context |
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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 Bible says that he lived for 950 years | 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 |