RT Article
T1 Noah’s Lost Son in the Qurʾān
JF Arabica
VO 64
IS 2
SP 129
OP 148
A1 Reynolds, Gabriel Said 1973-
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2017
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1562048392
AB In Kor 11 (Hūd), 42-47 the Qurʾān has Noah address one of his sons and plead with him to enter the ark. Noah’s son refuses to do so, explaining that he plans to seek refuge from the flood on a mountain. When the son is lost in the flood, Noah turns to God in order to ask that his son be forgiven. In the present article, I discuss the relationship of this Qurʾānic episode with larger themes in the Qurʾān—seen also in the material on Abraham and his father—regarding the believer’s proper disposition towards unbelievers, and unbelieving family members in particular. After a study of earlier theories about this passage, I propose that the account of Noah’s lost son (not found in the Bible) has a particular relationship to Ezekiel 14, a passage which speaks hypothetically of an unrighteous son of Noah. In conclusion, I argue that this passage is an important example of how the Qurʾān applies, and transforms, earlier traditions in order to advance its particular religious arguments.
K1 Koran : Coran : Noah : Noé : Bible : Bible : Muḥammad : Muḥammad : intertextual : intertextualité : flood : Déluge
DO 10.1163/15700585-12341452