The story of prophet NOAH. PART(6)

THE DROWNING SON

Noah was still waiting for his son to com. He thought that his son was a believer.

The earth was like a sea full of rough waves.

Noah looked at the village to see his son. He saw him swimming towards the mountains.

Noah shouted at the top of his voice: “Son, come to me! Son, come to the Ark!”

The son shouted: “No! I’ll go to that mountain. It’ll protect me from the rain.

In the midst of the wind, the waves and the rain, Prophet Noah shouted again at the top of his voice: “Son, com with us! There’s nothing to protect you from drowning!”

Noah wanted his son to understand that there was nothing to protect him from Allah’s decree. He wanted him to understand that the flood would cover everything for Allah decided to purify the earth from wickedness.

Noah shouted at his son for the third time. However, a strong wave came and covered his son.

Noah thought that his son was a believer. Allah had promised Noah that he would save his family except his wife. So Noah looked at the sky and said: “My Lord, surely my son is of my family and Your promise is surely true and You are the most just of the judges.”

Allah, the Glorified, inspired Noah and said to him: “O Noah, he is not of your family. Surely he is (the doer of) other than good deeds. Therefore ask not of Me that of which you have no knowledge.”

Noah understood that his son was an unbeliever and that he did not believe in Allah and the message of his father, the Prophet (A. S.).

Noah asked Allah for forgiveness: “My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking You that of which I have no knowledge. And if You do not forgive me and have mercy on me, I shall be of the losers.”

The waves swallowed up everything. The destructive flood covered all things. The Ark moved. It floated on the water.

Noah said: “It’s sailing and its anchoring is by Allah’s name.”

The Ark made its way through the waves. The earth was like a great sea. There was nothing except water and the tops of mountains.

The rain went on falling heavily. Water was gushing out of the earth. Days passed, but it was still raining heavily. The wind became stronger. The waves were rougher. They were as the mountains.

Forty days passed. However, it was raining heavily. The Ark was making its way through the waves which were as high as the mountains.

Noah and the believers prayed to Allah to have mercy on them and save them.