So We inspired him: "Construct the Ship under Our eyes and Our inspiration. Then, when Our command comes and the volcano erupts, then you shall take on the Ship two from every pair, and your family; except for those of them upon whom the word has come. Do not address Me regarding those who have done wrong, for they will be drowned."
Translation endnotes
[23:27] Storytellers have exaggerated the size and scope of the flood, turning it into a mythology. Noah's ark was not a colossus ship, but a boat comprised of several logs connected with ropes (54:13); the flood was not global, but limited to Noah's people around the Dead Sea region, the lowest point on the land; the animals taken to the boat, were not members of all species, but the domesticated animals in Noah's farm.