Is it established that the flood of Noah covered the entire earth?
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Question:
Some exegetes say that the flood covered the entire earth. He said: This requires evidence. Allah informed us that He destroyed the people of Noah with the flood, but the claim that it covered the entire earth requires evidence and proof.
Answer:
Allah knows best. The point is that Allah destroyed the people of the earth, except for those who were in the ship. He destroyed them, but as for it covering the earth, that is not necessary. The point is that the places where there were inhabitants were destroyed, whereas the places where there was no one may not have been reached by it. But the Lord, Exalted and Majestic, informed: [Al-'Ankabut: 14] He said: [Al-'Ankabut: 14], none other than them were saved. Those who were not in the ship perished. We ask Allah for well-being.
Q: What is mentioned regarding the earth [Hud: 44] means that the earth....?
The Shaykh: Allah knows best. The point is that the water covered the people, it covered the disbelievers until they were all destroyed, except for those who were in the ship. As for whether the water reached every place where there was no one: Allah knows best.
Some exegetes say that the flood covered the entire earth. He said: This requires evidence. Allah informed us that He destroyed the people of Noah with the flood, but the claim that it covered the entire earth requires evidence and proof.
Answer:
Allah knows best. The point is that Allah destroyed the people of the earth, except for those who were in the ship. He destroyed them, but as for it covering the earth, that is not necessary. The point is that the places where there were inhabitants were destroyed, whereas the places where there was no one may not have been reached by it. But the Lord, Exalted and Majestic, informed:
and the flood seized them while they were wrongdoers.
فَأَخَذَهُمُ الطُّوفَانُ وَهُمْ ظَالِمُونَBut We saved him and the companions of the ship
فَأَنْجَيْنَاهُ وَأَصْحَابَ السَّفِينَةِQ: What is mentioned regarding the earth
And it was said, O earth, swallow your water
وَقِيلَ يَا أَرْضُ ابْلَعِي مَاءَكِThe Shaykh: Allah knows best. The point is that the water covered the people, it covered the disbelievers until they were all destroyed, except for those who were in the ship. As for whether the water reached every place where there was no one: Allah knows best.
Source
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