The human family was to grow in an organized way so as to populate the earth and extend Paradise until it covered the entire globe. The outworking of that orderly arrangement was temporarily interrupted by the disobedience of Adam and Eve.
لِذٰلِكَ ،‏ قَرَّرَ ٱللهُ أَنْ يَجْلُبَ طُوفَانًا عَالَمِيًّا يَقْضِي بِهِ عَلَى ٱلْأَشْرَارِ .‏ —‏ تك ٦ :‏ ​ ٥ ،‏ ١١ -‏ ١٣ ،‏ ١٧‏ .‏