And the houses of Noah -as and his -as people were in a town...

And the houses of Noah -as and his -as people were in a town, at a place from the Euphrates which follows west of Al-Kufa\u2019. He -asws said: \u2018And Noah -as was a carpenter. So Allah -azwj Made him -as a Prophet -as and Answered him -as . And Noah -as was the first one to make a ship which flowed upon the back of the water\u2019. He -asws said: \u2018And Noah -as lived among his -as people for fifty years less a thousand years (950), calling them to Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic.

\n However, they derided him -as and laughed at him -as . So when he -as saw that from them, he -as supplicated against them saying: \u2018Lord -azwj ! Do not Leave upon the earth any house of the infidels. If You -azwj Leave them, they will lead astray Your -azwj servants, and will not give birth to anyone except the infidel tyrants\u2019. So Allah -azwj Revealed unto Noah -as that he -as should make a ship and make it a big one, and hurriedly.

So, Noah -as made a ship in Masjid Al-Kufa by his -as hands. He brought the wood from afar until he -as finished it.