Hazrat Nuh — Page 3
_. . - __ _, -. . -·. ;-- - -----·- I. ' TheAge of The Holy Qur'an says, And We certainlysent Noah to his peo- ple, andhe dweltamongthem a thousand yearssavefiftyyears. 3 Thereforehis ageis mentioned as 950 yearsin the Holy Qur'an while the Biblegiveshis age as 952 years. This doesnot mean that he actuallylivedfor 950 or 952 years. It is difficult to determine his actual age. Only Allah knows best. The period, which the Holy Qur'an or the Bibledescribes, is not the span of as's physi- callife. Thisperiod is the time as's teachings lasted. The Shariah introducedthrough him remained in force for about one thousand years. Many Prophets