سورة الحاقة

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَی المَاء حَمَلْنَاکُمْ فِی الجَارِیَةِ [Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high] — the meaning is Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him) and his companions.

Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him): Not a single drop of water descends except by measure at the hand of an angel, except on the day of the flood of Nuh (peace be upon him), when it was granted permission to come out without regard to the keepers, and this is the meaning of the words of Allah the Exalted: إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَی الْماءُ [Surely when the water rose high].

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): Allah did not send any wind or water except by measure, apart from the day of Nuh (peace be upon him) and the destruction of the people of Ad. As for the flood, the water rose in defiance of its keepers and they could not hold it back. Then he recited: إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَی الْماءُ [Surely when the water rose high].

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): حَمَلْناکُمْ [We bore you up] means We carried your fathers on the ship.