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Hud 11:37

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وَٱصْنَعِ ٱلْفُلْكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا وَلَا تُخَـٰطِبْنِى فِى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُم مُّغْرَقُونَ

And construct the ship under Our observation and Our inspiration and do not address Me concerning those who have wronged; indeed, they are [to be] drowned."

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

The Revelation to Nuh concerning what would happen to the People and the Command to prepare for It

Allah, the Exalted, sent revelation to Nuh when his people hastened the vengeance and punishment of Allah upon themselves. Then, Nuh supplicated against them, as Allah mentioned, when He said; رَّبِّ لاَ تَذَرْ عَلَى الاٌّرْضِ مِنَ الْكَـفِرِينَ دَيَّاراً(My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers inhabiting the earth!) 71:26 And he said, فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنُّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَانتَصِرْ (Then he invoked his Lord (saying): "I have been overcome, so help (me)!")54:10 At this point Allah revealed to him, أَنَّهُ لَن يُؤْمِنَ مِن قَوْمِكَ إِلاَّ مَن قَدْ ءَامَنَ(None of your people will believe except those who have believed already.) Therefore, do not grieve over them and do not be concerned with their affair. وَاصْنَعِ الْفُلْكَ(And construct the ship.) The word Fulk here means ship. بِأَعْيُنِنَا(under Our Eyes) This means under Our vision.

وَوَحْيِنَا(and with Our revelation,) This means, "We will teach you (Nuh) what to do." وَلاَ تُخَـطِبْنِى فِى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ إِنَّهُمْ مُّغْرَقُونَ(and address Me not on behalf of those who did wrong; they are surely to be drowned.) Muhammad bin Ishaq mentioned from the Tawrah, "Allah commanded him (Nuh) to make it (the ship) from Indian oak wood. Then He commanded him to make its length eighty cubits and its width fifty cubits. Allah then commanded him to coat its interior and exterior with tar and to make it with a slanted bow to part the water (as it sailed). Its height was thirty cubits into the sky. It had three levels and each level was ten cubits high. The lowest level was for the animals, both tame and wild, the second level was for the human beings and the highest level was for the birds. Its door was in the center of it and it had a cover on top of it that covered the entire ship.

Concerning Allah's statement, وَيَصْنَعُ الْفُلْكَ وَكُلَّمَا مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ مَلأٌ مِّن قَوْمِهِ سَخِرُواْ مِنْهُ(And as he was constructing the ship, whenever the chiefs of his people passed by him, they mocked at him.) This means that they teased him and rejected his threat that they would drown (in the forthcoming flood). قَالَ إِن تَسْخَرُواْ مِنَّا فَإِنَّا نَسْخَرُ مِنكُمْ(He said: "If you mock at us, so do we mock at you likewise...") This is a severe threat and a serious warning. مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ(who it is on whom will come a torment that will cover him with disgrace) This means that it (the torment) will humiliate him in this life. وَيَحِلُّ عَلَيْهِ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ(and on whom will fall a lasting torment.) that is continuous and everlasting.

Ma'arif al-Qur'an

Mufti Muhammad Shafi

Boat-Making: The Education of a Prophet ﷺWhen Sayyidna Nuh (علیہ السلام) was commanded to make an ark, he knew no ark, nor its making. Therefore, in the next verse (37), he got his first lesson. To orient him to the reality of boat making, it was said: وَاصْنَعِ الْفُلْكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا (And make an ark under Our eyes and according to Our revelation).

Hadith reports say that Sayyidna Jibra'il al-Amin (علیہ السلام) told Sayyidna Nuh (علیہ السلام) by means of revelation all about the making of boats. He had used wood from the saul tree (shorea robusta) to build this ark.

Some historical narratives give its measurement. It was three hundred yards long, fifty yards in width and thirty yard high, almost a three storied ship. Its ventilators, as customary, opened to the right and the left. Thus, this industry, the first prototype of the ship building industry, began at the hands of Sayyidna Nuh (علیہ السلام) for the first time through Divine revelation. After that, the progress it made is current history.

All Essential Industries Originated through Revelation

It has been reported on the authority of some elders of early centuries of Islam in at-Tibb an-Nabawi of Hafiz Shamsud-Din adh-Dhahabi that all industries essential for human beings owe their origin to the process of Divine revelation through some prophet. Later, improvements kept coming as needed during different times. The first revelation that came to Sayyidna Adam (علیہ السلام) mostly related to rehabilitation of the land and establishment of different industries. The invention of wheel carts for loading and hauling things is part of the chain of inventions.

Sir Syed Ahmad an, the founder of the well-known Aligarh College, (now the Muslim University of Aligarh, India) used to say more than a hundred years ago that the world has seen inventions of all sorts in moving vehicles but its pivot continued to be the axle and the wheel. It is the common factor between a bullock-cart, a donkey-cart, rails and cars. Therefore, the greatest inventor of moving vehicles is the person who invented the wheel that is the life and soul of a lot of machines. As it was said, this invention unfolded itself at the hands of the first prophet, Sayyidna Adam, peace on him, through a Divine revelation.

From here we also learn that industries devoted to essential human needs are so important that the blessed prophets have been taught and trained in these through Divine revelation.

Soon after instructing Sayyidna Nuh (علیہ السلام) how he would make an ark, he was told that a flood would come and his people will be drowned and that, at the time, he was not to intercede out of compassion on their behalf.

Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

واصنع السفينة بمرأى منَّا وبأمرنا لك ومعونتنا، وأنت في حفظنا وكلاءتنا، ولا تطلب مني إمهال هؤلاء الذين ظلموا أنفسهم من قومك بكفرهم، فإنهم مغرقون بالطوفان. وفي الآية إثبات صفة العين لله تعالى على ما يليق به سبحانه.

Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

( واصنع الفلك ) يعني : السفينة ( بأعيننا ) أي : بمرأى منا ، ( ووحينا ) أي : وتعليمنا لك ماذا تصنعه ، ( ولا تخاطبني في الذين ظلموا إنهم مغرقون ) .فقال بعض السلف : أمره الله تعالى أن يغرز الخشب ويقطعه وييبسه ، فكان ذلك في مائة سنة ، ونجرها في مائة سنة أخرى ، وقيل : في أربعين سنة ، فالله أعلم .وذكر محمد بن إسحاق عن التوراة : أن الله أمره أن يصنعها من خشب الساج ، وأن يجعل طولها ثمانين ذراعا وعرضها خمسين ذراعا .وأن يطلي باطنها وظاهرها بالقار ، وأن يجعل لها جؤجؤا أزور يشق الماء . وقال قتادة : كان طولها ثلاثمائة ذراع ، في عرض خمسين .وعن الحسن : طولها ستمائة ذراع وعرضها ثلاثمائة ذراع .وعنه مع ابن عباس : طولها ألف ومائتا ذراع ، في عرض ستمائة .وقيل : طولها ألفا ذراع ، وعرضها مائة ذراع ، فالله أعلم .قالوا كلهم : وكان ارتفاعها في السماء ثلاثين ذراعا ، ثلاث طبقات ، كل طبقة عشرة أذرع ، فالسفلى للدواب والوحوش : والوسطى للإنس : والعليا للطيور . وكان بابها في عرضها ، ولها غطاء من فوقها مطبق عليها .وقد ذكر الإمام أبو جعفر بن جرير أثرا غريبا ، من حديث علي بن زيد بن جدعان ، عن يوسف بن مهران ، عن عبد الله بن عباس ; أنه قال : قال الحواريون لعيسى ابن مريم : لو بعثت لنا رجلا شهد السفينة فحدثنا عنها .

قال : فانطلق بهم حتى أتى إلى كثيب من تراب ، فأخذ كفا من ذلك التراب بكفه ، قال أتدرون ما هذا ؟ قالوا : الله ورسوله أعلم ، قال : هذا كعب حام بن نوح . قال : وضرب الكثيب بعصاه ، قال : قم بإذن الله فإذا هو قائم ينفض التراب عن رأسه ، قد شاب . قال له عيسى ، عليه السلام : هكذا هلكت ؟ قال : لا . ولكني مت وأنا شاب ، ولكنني ظننت أنها الساعة ، فمن ثم شبت . قال : حدثنا عن سفينة نوح ؟ قال : كان طولها ألف ذراع ومائتي ذراع ، وعرضها ستمائة ذراع ، وكانت ثلاث طبقات ، فطبقة فيها الدواب والوحوش ، وطبقة فيها الإنس ، وطبقة فيها الطير ، فلما كثر أرواث الدواب ، أوحى الله عز وجل إلى نوح ، عليه السلام ، أن اغمز ذنب الفيل ، فغمزه ، فوقع منه خنزير وخنزيرة ، فأقبلا على الروث ، فلما وقع الفأر بخرز السفينة يقرضه وحبالها ، أوحى إلى نوح; أن اضرب بين عيني الأسد ، فخرج من منخره سنور وسنورة ، فأقبلا على الفأر . فقال له عيسى ، عليه السلام : كيف علم نوح أن البلاد قد غرقت ؟ قال : بعث الغراب يأتيه بالخبر ، فوجد جيفة فوقع عليها ، فدعا عليه بالخوف ، فلذلك لا يألف البيوت قال : ثم بعث الحمامة ، فجاءت بورق زيتون بمنقارها ، وطين برجليها ، فعلم أن البلاد قد غرقت .

قال : فطوقها الخضرة التي في عنقها ، ودعا لها أن تكون في أنس وأمان ، فمن ثم تألف البيوت . قال : فقلنا : يا رسول الله ، ألا ننطلق به إلى أهلينا فيجلس معنا ويحدثنا ؟ قال : كيف يتبعكم من لا رزق له ؟ قال : فقال له : عد بإذن الله ، فعاد ترابا

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