Investigating the story of Noah’s Flood according to Qur'anic verses and archaeological researches

نویسندگان
رحیمی هانیه ID 1
شاد گهراز سمانه ID 2

1 دانشگاه بوعلی سینا

2 دانشگاه محقق اردبیلی

doi
10.37264/jiqs.v1i1.8
چکیده

One meaning of the word āyah in Qur’anic context refers to a sign, which is a divine miracle as attested in verse (Q.54:15): Certainly We have left it as a sign; so, is there anyone who will be admonished? The verse refers to the story of Noah’s Ark and his nation’s penalty, which is presented as a sign for posterity. There are various perspectives among interpreters about the reference of pronoun it in the verse, depending on whose antecedent, the verse can be considered as one of the verses expressing divine miracles. The present study tries to investigate the aforementioned verse and its miraculous aspects through an interdisciplinary method between the Qur’an and archaeology. Based on conducted studies, the word āyah implies to Noah’s Ark or the Flood phenomenon and rescuing a few of his nation who are the only survivors of humankind. Given archaeological studies, there is no certain evidence yet to confirm the remains of the Noah’s Ark and the verse cannot thus be considered as a scientific miracle. As a result, the miraculous aspect of the verse indicates giving notice of the unseen which is verified in verse (Q.11:49).

کلیدواژه‌ها
What is the criterion for a thing to beāyah(sign) at any time, based on the fact that Qur'an’s contacts are all times and generations: Seeingāyahor hearing about it?, According to Qur'an, is wreckage of Noah’s ark a miracle and sign for thinkers or its story?, According to interpretive opinions and archaeological documents, what is the miraculous aspect of the verse and to what extent can the miraculous aspect be considered scientific?, It does not refer to Great Ararat Mountain as the place of descent in primary sources, although it refers to Ararat Mountains not the peak of Ararat in Genesis Book., It is a volcanic mountain and had not been under water at all. It also created after the Flood so it cannot be the place of descent., Great Ararat Mountain and Small Ararat Mountain are in flat and do not connect to Ararat Mountain Ranges., Witnesses’ record is not trustworthy., They have found nothing after sixty years of searching., Mount of Ararat had not been in territory of Urartu (Fig 6) when the Torah was written to attribute the name of Ararat that derived from a kingdom., Most of the individuals who visited Ararat and saw some evidence of the Ark, truly, saw Cudi Dagh Mountain and mistaken it for Ararat (Habermehl, 2008, 486; Albright, 1969, 48; Spencer & Lienard, 2005; Crouse & Franz, 2006; Groebli, 1999, 313; Hill, 2002, 177)., The territory of Urartu’s government was stretched to the Alborz Mountains, and according to the Bible, Ararat on where the Ark settled coincides with Mount Takht-e Suleyman., According to an interpretation of the Genesis (Genesis, 11:2), the Ark descended in Iran and east of Shinar, which today is in south of Iraq., According to the ancient sources such as Josephus, which considers the eastern extension of Ararat to Iran., The outcrops discovered by them are wood converted to stone that is the reason for the Ark's presence at the site., The testimony of a soldier whose name was Davis to observe the remains of the Ark in 1943., The only known mountain outside Israel that has a Hebraic name., RIS, EndNote, Mendeley, BibTeX, APA, MLA, HARVARD, CHICAGO, VANCOUVER