Transliteration:( Wa ja'alnaa zurriyyatahoo hummul baaqeen )
"And We made his children the only survivors [77]"
From this, we understand that none of the other Muslims who were aboard the Ark continued any progeny. All human lineage after the great flood stems solely from Prophet Nuh’s (عليه السلام) children.
For this reason, he is known as “Adam the Second” (Adam II). The entire world population today traces back to his three sons:
Saam (Shem): Ancestors of the Arabs, Persians, and Romans
Haam (Ham): Ancestors of the Sudanese, Sindhis, Indians, and Abyssinians
Yaafus (Japheth): Ancestors of the Turks, Yajooj, and Majooj (Gog and Magog)
According to Tafseer Roohul Mu’ani and Roohul Bayaan:
Yaafus had seven sons: Turk, Khazar, Saqlaah, Tarees, Munsalak, Kamari, and Seen
Haam had seven sons: Sindh, Hindh, Zanj, Qabat, Habash, Naub, and Kanaan
Saam had five sons: Iram, Arfakhshad, Alam, Yaqger, and Qarihk
The tafsir of Surah As-Saffat verse 77 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Saffat ayat 75 which provides the complete commentary from verse 75 through 82.
(37:77) and made his offspring the only ones to survive,[42]
42. This can have two meanings.
(1) That the progeny of the people who were opposing the Prophet Noah (peace be upon him) was made extinct and the Prophet Noah’s progeny alone was allowed to survive.
(2) That the whole human race was made extinct, and only the Prophet Noah’s progeny was allowed to inhabit the earth after that. The commentators generally have adopted this second meaning, but the words of the Quran are not explicit in this regard and no one knows the reality except Allah.
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