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In the traditional Muslim account, he is listed as being the son of Lamak, and being born ten generations after Adam. His grand-father was the prophet Idris ( Enoch), Nuḥ was known for preaching the monotheism of God, but he was often ridiculed for this by his people who worshipped idols. According to Islamic tradition, Nuḥ had to endure a lot of abuse at the hands of his people, and yet he remained patient. Eventually God told him that the world would be flooded, and Nuḥ was tasked with building a boat. He was to bring aboard all people who believed in God, and a pair of every animal. He was joined by a few people, but one of his sons was missing. Upon completion of his ship, rain began to fall, and the Earth was eventually flooded; the rain is said to have fallen for over 150 days. When the flood subsided, Nuḥ found himself on Mount Ararat. He supposedly lived for 950 years, and thus left a lot of sons and daughters. Some Muslims deny this Biblical narrative, and assert that whereas the Bible teaches a universal flood, the Quran affirms that the flood during Noah's time was a local event. [1]

See Noah for the Jewish and Christian role of this figure. Unlike the Biblical version of this story, the Qur'anic account mentions neither the implied homosexual crime of Noah's son Ham, nor the resulting in the cursing of his grandson Canaan (which in the Bible forms the earliest narrative claim to the land of IsraelThis article discusses the State of Israel. For other meanings of Israel see Israel (disambiguation). The State of Israel Medinat Yisrael in Hebrew, Daulat Israil in Arabic) is a country in the Middle East on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea.).

See also Similarities between the Bible and the Qur'anThe Qur'an (Koran) contains many references to people and events that are mentioned in the Bible; especially the stories of the prophets of Islam, among whom are included Moses, David and Jesus. Muslims believe that Moses was given the Tawrat (Hebrew tora.