Who Was The son of Nuh? Who would not board the ark in Islamic History

Before the worldBefore Adam

The first nationsAdam to Shuayb

Egypt and Bani Israilc. 1300–1000 BCE

Bani Israil and Romec. 1000 BCE – 250 CE

Arabia before IslamUp to 570 CE

Enemies of the Prophet ﷺ610–632 CE

After the Prophet ﷺ632–1000 CE

Crusades and conquests1090–1502 CE

The end of timeStill to come

Ten signs before the Hour

Isa ibn Maryam descends
A landslide in the east
A landslide in the west
A landslide in Arabia
The smoke
The sun rises from the west
The Beast of the earth
A fire from Yemen drives people to their gathering

Sahih Muslim lists ten major signs before the Hour without fixing their order. This follows a common order given by the scholars. Sahih Muslim 2901a ↗

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ابن نوح

The son of Nuh

Who would not board the arkAge of Nuh

Relied onA mountain to keep him from the water

Undone byA wave

As the flood rose, Nuh called to his son to come aboard and not stay with the disbelievers. He refused, saying he would climb a mountain to escape the water.

How it ended

A wave came between them and he drowned. When Nuh pleaded for him, Allah told him his son was not of his family, for his deeds were not righteous (11:46).

And it sailed with them through waves like mountains, and Noah called to his son who was apart [from them], "O my son, come aboard with us and be not with the disbelievers."
Quran 11:42

The lessonEven a prophet's son is saved only by his own faith.

In the Quran

11:42-47

Stood against
Source: Named in the QuranThe Quran does not name him. Commentators call him Kan'an; some say Yam.

Every villain in Islamic history, from Iblis to the Dajjal

Each entry is drawn from the Quran, authentic hadith (with links to sunnah.com), the classical commentators and the historians. Companions who fought Islam and later became Muslim are not included, nor are figures Muslims disagree about.

Before the worldBefore Adam

Before Adam Iblis: the one who refused