قَالَ الْمُفَضَّلُ ثُمَّ انْقَطَعَ حَدِيثُ أَبِي عَبْدِ...
So Abu Abdullah -asws stood up and Prayed the Midday Salat (Al-Zohar), and the Afternoon Salat (Al-Asar), then left from the Masjid. He -asws indicated by his -asws hand to his -asws left to a place where there was a house among the houses, and it was the place of the house of Ibn Hakeym, and where is Euphrates today, so he -asws said to me: ‘O Mufazzal! Over there is where the idols of the people of Noah -as were fixed – Yagows , and Yaowq , and Nasraa ’.
Then he -asws went and rode upon his -asws animal. So I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws , how long did it take for Noah -as to build his -as ship until he -as finished it?’ He -asws said: ‘In two time periods’. I said, ‘And how long are these two time periods?’ He -asws said: ‘Eighty years’. I said, ‘The general Muslim are saying that he -as built it over five hundred years’. He -asws said: ‘No!