But there believed not with him but a few.

But there believed not with him but a few.” The Onset of the Flood In the previous verses, we noted how Noah and the true believers became occupied in building the Ark of Salvation and, while subjected to all kinds of difficulties and sarcasms of the arrogant unbelieving majority, they prepared themselves for the flood. Here, the Qur’an expounds upon the third highlight or the climax of the story which relates to the punishment inflicted upon this oppressive nation.

First of all, it says that this situation continued until Allah’s command was issued and the dawning of the divine punishment appeared, and waters of the earth gushed forth. The verse says: “(Thus it was) till, when Our Command came, and the oven gushed forth (water)!...” Those people who were inattentive and unaware…