But in this world of God strange happenings are not rare. For some people such a long life is inconceivable. Evidently, he must have been appointed to Prophethood after he had attained his maturity, and must have lived some life after the Flood also. But according to the Qur'an, he must have lived for at least a thousand years, because 950 years is the time that he spent in preaching his mission after his appointment to Prophethood till the coming of the Flood.
He was 600 years old when the Flood came, and lived for another 350 years after the Flood. The Bible says that he lived for 950 years. Just imagine the patience and resolution and firmness of Our servant who braved such afflictions and hardships continuously for nine and a half centuries." The Qur'an and the Bible differ about the age of the Prophet Noah. The believers are being told: "You have been suffering persecutions and experiencing stubbornness of your wicked opponents hardly for six years or so. The same is the aim of the discourse here. *22) This does not mean that the Prophet Noah lived for 950 years, but it means that after his appointment to Prophethood till the coming of the Flood, he went on making efforts for 950 years for the reformation of his wicked people, and he did not lose heart even though he suffered persecutions for such a long time. There, on the one hand, it has been said to the believers, "We have put to the test all those believers who have passed before you", and, on the other, the wicked disbelievers have been warned to the effect: "You should not have the misunderstanding that you will outstrip Us and escape Our grasp." It is to impress these two things that these historical events are being related here. One should keep the initial verses of the Surah in view in order to understand the relevancy of these stories in this context. *23 And We certainly sent Noah to his people, and he remained among meaning *22 Eventually the Flood overtook them while they were engaged in wrongdoing. (29:14) We did indeed send Noah to his people *21 and he lived among them a thousand years save fifty. Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
We sent Nuh to his people among whom he sojourned for one thousand years less fifty and they were inundated and swept away by the flood, for they were steeped in wrongful actions
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