Surah 29:15
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وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِيهِمۡ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمۡسِينَ عَامٗا فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلطُّوفَانُ وَهُمۡ ظَٰلِمُونَ
Certainly We sent Noah to his people, and he stayed among them a thousand years, minus fifty years, and then the flood seized them while they were doing evil.
فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُ وَأَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلسَّفِينَةِ وَجَعَلۡنَٰهَآ ءَايَةٗ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
But We rescued him and (his) companions on the ship, and made it a miracle for all peoples.
mission when he was forty years old, and he stayed among his people for a thousand years less fifty; after the Flood he lived for sixty years until people had increased and spread.
means, those who believed in Nuh, peace be upon him. We have already discussed this in detail in Surah Hud, and there is no need to repeat it here.
means. We caused that ship to remain,' whether in itself, as Qatadah said, that it remained until the beginning of Islam, on Mount Judi, or whether the concept of sailing in ships was left as a reminder to mankind of how Allah had saved them from the Flood. This is like the Ayat
{And an Ayah for them is that We bore their offspring in the laden ship. And We have created for them of the like thereunto, on which they ride} until:
{and as an enjoyment for a while} (36:41-44).
{Verily, when the water rose beyond its limits. We carried you in the ship. That We might make it an admonition for you and that it might be retained by the retaining ears.} (69:11-12)
And Allah says here:
This is a shift from referring to one specific ship to speaking...