Hazrat Nuh — Page 83
15. In responseto as's plea, Allah said; ' 0 Noah, he is surely not of thy family; he is indeed a man of unrighteous conduct. So ask not of Me that of which thou hast no knowl- edge. I advisethee lest thou become one of the I J ignorant. 16. The punishment given to the non-believerswas that of drowningin a flood. 17. The followersof as and his family memberswho believedin him were savedin the ark that he had built under Divine command. 18. According to the Holy Qur'an, the ark restedon a mountain calledAl-Judi. 19. Accordingto the Bible,the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. 20. The precise location of these mountains is unknown. However,Turkey,Armenia,and Iran claimthat the mountains lie in their domain.