Interval of time between Prophet Nooh and Prophet Hood, may Allaah exalt their mention

25-8-2014 | IslamWeb

Question:

Ok thanks Bro jazzakalkah what I mean is even with these 2 verses can you still have that big of a gap between noah and hud even with these 2 verses bro because these verses make the time line between noah and hud very short so can we still have that big of a gap between the two bro with these 2 verses chapter 7 verse 69 and chapter 23 verse 31 bro because they make the time line sound short in between the two of noah and hud jazzakalkah bro if you know what I mean as an example bro sorry for all the words jazzakalkah if you could really get back to me as soon as possible that would be great bro jazzakalkah because I don't have a problem with that hadith because I understand that hadith very but its the 2 versesin the quran what im trying to make scense of :)

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and messenger.

We could not find any religious text that defines the length of the interval between Prophet Nooh (Noah) and Hood (Hud), may Allaah exalt their mention. We believe that preoccupying oneself with investigating this matter is not of great importance. Knowing this information would not benefit the person and not knowing it would not incur any harm on him.

As for your claim that these two verses indicate that the interval between Prophet Nooh and Hood, may Allaah exalt their mention, is very short, then there is nothing in the two verses to indicate so. In fact, the conjunction particle (Thumma), meaning ‘then, afterwards, or thereafter,’ may refer to variable periods of time. It may also indicate a time lag between the two stages, according to the opinion of the scholars of Arabic grammar.

Allaah Knows best.