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God revealed to Noah: build the ark under Our eyes and revelation; he carried in it a pair of every kind, his family and the believers, and it sailed with them through mountain-like waves until it settled on al-Judi — of planks and nails.

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Mentioned in: Qur'an 54:13

People and things also explored

Dreams (ahlam)· The Higher Assembly· The Creation and Nature of Angels· Sihr (sorcery)· Adam's disobedience and Iblis· The Incident of the Slander (Hadith al-Ifk)· In the Courts of the Hadith Qudsi (television programme)· Liqa' al-Iman, Meeting of Faith (television programme)

Sources

Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Ibn Kathir (d. 774 AH), Qisas al-Anbiya' — ed. 'Abd al-Hayy al-Farmawi, Dar al-Tiba'a wa-al-Nashr al-Islamiyya, Cairo, 5th edition 1417 AH/1997 CE

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islam.museum contributors. “Noah's ark”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/safinat-nuh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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Dreams (ahlam)

What the sleeper sees in sleep. The hadith collections divide it into the true dream (ru'ya), which is from God and a glad tidings for the believer; the bad dream (hulm), which is from Satan; and the soul's idle talk (hadith nafs), which is not acted on.