Flood

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The triliteral root ṭā wāw fā (ط و ف) occurs in the Quran 41 times.


The Flood Myth

A flood myth or deluge myth is a narrative in which a great flood, usually sent by a deity or deities, destroys civilization, often in an act of divine retribution. Parallels are often drawn between the flood waters of these myths and the primeval waters found in certain creation myths, as the flood waters are described as a measure for the cleansing of humanity, in preparation for rebirth. Most flood myths also contain a culture hero, who "represents the human craving for life". See also Flood myth in Wikipedia.

In The Quran

(29:14) We had sent Noah to his people, so he stayed with them one thousand year less fifty calendar years. Then the flood (Arab. الطُّوفَانُ, l-ṭūfānu) took them while they were wicked.

Plagues of Egypt - (7:133)

Book of Genesis

(Genesis 9:28-29) And Noah lived after the flood (Hebrew. הַמַּבּ֑וּל, ham-mab-būl) three hundred and fifty years. And all the days of Noah were nine hundred years and fifty years: and he died.

Flood הַמַּבּ֑וּל ham·mab·būl — 9 Occurrences - (Genesis 6:17), (Genesis 7:7), (Genesis 7:10), (Genesis 7:17), (Genesis 9:11), (Genesis 10:1), (Genesis 10:32), (Genesis 11:10)