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The size of the ark of Noah AS

No. ٤٢٦chapter #1vol. 8 · page 283
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عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ:
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كَانَ طُولُ سَفِينَةِ نُوحٍ ع أَلْفَ ذِرَاعٍ وَ مِائَتَيْ ذِرَاعٍ وَ عَرْضُهَا ثَمَانُمِائَةِ ذِرَاعٍ وَ طُولُهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ ثَمَانِينَ ذِرَاعاً وَ سَعَتْ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَ الْمَرْوَةِ وَ طَافَتْ بِالْبَيْتِ سَبْعَةَ أَشْوَاطٍ ثُمَ‌ اسْتَوَتْ عَلَى الْجُودِيِ‌.

English translationMuhammad Sarwar

426. Ali, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Al-Hassan Bin Salih Al-Sawry, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) has said: ‘The ship of Noah (as) was of the length of a thousand and two hundred cubits, and its width was of eight hundred cubits, and its height in the sky was eighty cubits, and its occupied the space in between Al-Saffa and Al-Marwa, and circled the House seven rounds, then settled upon Al-Joudy’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.

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  • ضعيفAllamah Baqir al-MajlisiMirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/301)
  • لم يخرجهShaykh Baqir al-BehbudiSahih al-Kafi