On The Great Flood
A worldwide deluge sent as divine judgment, from which a single righteous man saves his family and representative life aboard a vessel. Versions appear across Mesopotamian, Hebrew, Christian, Islamic, and Hindu traditions — evidence of shared cultural memory or independent theological convergence is debated by scholars.
What every account tells.
- iA single righteous man is warned by God
- iiAn ark or vessel is built to specific divine dimensions
- iiiPairs of animals are preserved
- ivThe waters recede; a covenant or blessing follows
How each tradition tells it.
Noah and eight souls; the rainbow is the explicit sign of the Noahic covenant. Duration: 40 days of rain, 150 days of rising waters.
The Torah version gives the ark's exact cubits and frames the flood as judgement for chamas — violent corruption.
Nuh preaches for 950 years before the flood (Qur'an 29:14); his own son refuses to board and is drowned.
In the Shatapatha Brahmana and Matsya Purana, Manu is warned by a small fish (an avatar of Vishnu) that grows enormous; the fish tows his boat to a northern mountain.
Read the passages.
“And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me...”
Christianity“I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant...”
Judaism“And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark...”
Islam“...until, when Our command came and the oven overflowed...”