ARK

NOAH’S ( فلك نوح‎ ). It is mentioned in the history of the Deluge, as recorded in the Qurʾān, in two places— Sūrah xi. 39 , “Build the ark under our eye and after our revelation,” and Sūrah xxiii . 27 . There is also supposed to be an allusion to the ark in Sūrah xxxvi. 41 , “And a sign to them is that we bare their offspring in the laden ship.” Al-Baiẓāwī says that Noah was two years building the ark, which was 300 cubits long, 50 wide, and 30 broad, and which was made of Indian plane-tree; that it consisted of three storeys, the lowest for beasts, the middle for men and women (who were separated from each other), and the highest for birds. The ark is said to have rested on the mountain al-Jūdī. [ NOAH .]