Understanding Quran (Stories Of Previous Prophets)
As a response to both your question as well as umer bhai’s original answer, could we say that it is more important firstly to understand the nature and genre of Quran i.e it is Muhammad (saw)’s ‘sarguzasht e Inzaar.’ And equally important, the context and setting of each ayah. That where a bit from a particular Prophet’s story is mentioned at a specific place, we need to stress more on what is the underlying message that God is trying to convey. More than the event itself. And im saying ‘more than’ the event itself, not only the message. So for e.g if at places where a part from Nuh as’s story is mentioned, I cannot go back and verify much from the historical sources as yet. However, the integrity of the message that portion is trying to convey could lead me to affirming the historical authenticity of the event, even though right now there is no historical proof. Thoughts? @AhmadShoaib