Geographical Contradiction:
The verse claims Noah's Ark rested on Mount Cudi, contradicting the original account in Genesis 8:4, which explicitly names the mountains of Mount Ararat. It swaps a precise Hebrew location for an entirely different peak 310 km away.
Folklore Canonization:
Mount Judi was the landing site in Syriac (Peshitta) and Babylonian (Gilgamesh) traditions. The text merely absorbs and canonizes these local, 7th-century Mesopotamian oral legends as historical facts.
Scriptural Isolation:
Abandoning Ararat isolates the text from the ancient Judeo-Christian record, proving a reliance on regional rumors rather than divine omniscience.
The Quran Verse
Surah 11:44:
"And it was said, 'O earth, swallow your water, and O sky, withhold [your rain].' ... and the Ark came to rest upon the [Mount] Judi. And it was said, 'Away with the wrongdoing people.'"
The Relevant Source Text (The Bible)
Genesis 8:4
...and in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
While both locations are in the general region of the Near East, they are distinct peaks. Mount Ararat is in modern-day eastern Turkey, while Mount Judi is further south (near the borders of Turkey, Iraq, and Syria).
Historical critics note that "Mount Judi" was the preferred landing site in Syriac and Babylonian traditions (such as the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Peshitta).
The Quran’s choice of Judi over the biblical Ararat indicates a reliance on regional, extra-biblical Mesopotamian folklore rather than the Hebrew scriptural record.