His saying, may He be exalted: "And your family, except he against whom the word has gone forth," meaning the wrath; that is: his son. "And whoever believes," meaning: and carry whoever has believed. Allah, may He be exalted, said: "And none believed with him except a few." Al-Suddi said: Meaning eighty souls: forty men and forty women.
Qatada said: None were saved in the ark except Noah, his wife, and his three sons: Sam, Ham, and Yafith, and their wives; thus, the total of them was eight.
Surah Hud from verse (41) to verse (45).
قَوْلُهُ ﷿: ﴿وَأَهْلَكَ إِلا من سبق عَلَيْهِ القَوْل﴾ الْغَضَبُ؛ يَعْنِي: ابْنَهُ ﴿وَمَنْ آمَنَ﴾ أَيْ: وَاحْمِلْ مَنْ آمَنَ، قَالَ اللَّهُ ﷿: ﴿وَمَا آمَنَ مَعَه إِلَّا قَلِيل﴾ قَالَ السُّدِّيُّ: يَعْنِي: ثَمَانِينَ نَفْسًا؛ أَرْبَعُونَ رَجُلا، وَأَرْبَعُونَ امْرَأَةً.
قَالَ قَتَادَةُ:. لمْ يَنْجُ فِي السَّفِينَةِ إِلا نوحٌ وَامْرَأَتُهُ وَثَلاثَةُ بَنِينَ لَهُ: سامٌ وحامٌ وَيَافِثٌ؛ وَنِسَاؤُهُمْ؛ فَجَمِيعهمْ ثمانيةٌ.
سُورَة هود من الْآيَة (٤١) إِلَى الْآيَة (٤٥).
