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The Qur’ān has received great attention in Arabic literature with its rich content, language features and the ability to address anyone. Especially in the field of poetry, it is possible to see the reflections of these parables in their most beautiful forms. The poets sometimes take the works of Story-poem and transfer these parables to the reader together with their own interpretations, and sometimes use different motifs in these parables as an aid to the transfer of their own feelings. Noah parable is also a source of inspiration for poets with its remarkable and exemplary content. Some poets have received poems describing this parable. Some of them included the motifs of this parable such as the flood, the ship of Noah and his age, in his poems, and so they alluded to the parable. In this context, many poets who lived in classical period were scanned in our study and tried to reach different examples and tried to reveal the reflections of Noah parable in Arabic poetry. The Qur’ānic parables have a great influence on the Arabic language in terms of their content and style. The fact that these parables have a vivid narrative and that they have a direction that addresses everyone further increases the power of this influence. Arab poetry also has a vivid and enthusiastic narrative. Moreover, poetry has always been the most effective expression of Arabs. So it was unthinkable for Arab poetry to remain independent of this influence of the Qur’ānic parables. Since the earliest times, stories and poetry have always been in life of all societies. All the experiences of life, such as wars, hunting adventures, heroisms and love sometimes found in the lines of poetry, sometimes in the lines of a story. For this reason, within literary genres, stories and poetry are always the most interesting. Moreover, these two literary genres have always been in an interaction throughout history. It is also possible to see this strong relation between Qur’ānic parables and poetry. Because there are so many impressive motifs in these parables that they become inspiration for the poets. In this context, the Noah parable should be mentioned in particular. Noah’s parable is a common theme in written and oral literary products of different cultures and literatures. This is not so different for Arabic poetry. Because some Arab poets have received poems -that it is possible to call such poems as story-poetry- describing this parable. And others used the motifs of this parable in their poems, and so they alluded to it. The most important name among the poets who take poetry in story-poetry style is Umayya Ibn Abi al-Salt. Umayya, who included many prophets in his poems, gave a special importance to the flood event and he received many poems about this subject. In later periods, some names also wrote poems describing Noah’s parable. But the number of these poems is not much. Therefore, it seems that a story-poem tradition does not appear in Arabic poetry, in the framework of the prophetic parables, as in Iranian and Turkish literatures. It is noteworthy that the information conveyed in these poems sometimes coincided with the expression of the Qur’ān, and sometimes under the influence of other sacred books and cultures. However, it is a fact that non-Qur’ānic elements are included in poetry both in pre-Islamic periods and in poems written in Islamic periods. For this reason, it can be said that Muslim poets do not feel obliged to stay bound to the Qur’ān when writing poems about the story of Noah. Besides, language and narration are quite common in story-poems in which Noah’s parable is told. Literary arts are not used intensively. This shows that the real intention in such poetry is to inform people about these parables.  It is possible to illustrate the following lines of Umayya Ibn Abi al-Salt as examples of the above mentioned: [O God] save those who have goodness in the ship of Noah, when Lebanon is destroyed from the beginning to the end. The tandoor boiled and grew with the water covering the mountains and even exceeding them. It was said to Noah who the servant of God: “Walk” and he walked. I swear, despite all the horror he walked anyway. And it was said to him “Land on the ground, because the ship has brought you to a high mountain, the place of settlement”. The second form of the reflection of Noah’s story to Arab poetry is allusions. In this context, especially the personality of Noah, the flood event, the ship and the age of Noah are prominent symbols. These allusions have brought innovations to the style of expression of many poets and have made their poetry richer in terms of semantics. In these poems, Noah’s features such as being savior, being compassionate, being loyal have been put forward. For example, Nabiga al-Zubiani says about Noah: I came to you with fear from my doubts, naked and with my old dresses. And I saw that you did not betray your trust. Noah would not betray the same. The flood event has sometimes become a symbol of tears and sometimes generosity. In these poems, often the art of exaggeration was applied. Emotions are expressed in an exaggerated but very impressive way. Noah’s ark is a symbol of loneliness and a savior. It has the ability to bring the differences together. Noah’s ship is sometimes the symbol of the escape from degenerate society, sometimes the hair that appears in the face of love. It is possible to find an example of these mentioned in the following nice lines of Lisān al-Dīn Ibn al-Khatib: Even if the garden of your side turns to a dried-up mule, I have never seen that you betrayed the promise you gave me. Curved parts of the lovelock on his face said that the beauty ship sat on Mount Cudi. When all these poems are viewed from the framework of Noah’s parable, it is seen that the Qur’ānic parables enrich their poetry in terms of words and meaning, adding strength to the narrations of the poets. And his has helped to convey emotions and thoughts more effectively.

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