And as he was constructing the ship, whenever the chiefs of his
people passed by him, they made a mocked at him. He said: "If you mock at
us, so do we mock at you likewise for your mocking (38) "And you will
know who it is on whom will come a torment that will cover him with disgrace
and on whom will fall a lasting torment." (39) (So it was) till when
Our Command came and the oven gushed forth (water like fountains from the
earth). We said: "Embark therein, of each kind two (male and female), and
your family - except him against whom the Word has already gone forth - and
those who believe. And none believed with him, except a few." (40) And he [Nûh (Noah)
A.S.] said: "Embark therein, in the Name of Allâh will be its (moving)
course and its (resting) anchorage. Surely, my Lord is Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful." (Tafsir At-Tabarî) (41) So it (the ship) sailed with them amidst the
waves like mountains, and Nûh (Noah) called out to his son, who had separated
himself (apart), "O my son! Embark with us and be not with the
disbelievers." (42) (The son) replied: "I will betake myself to some
mountain, it will save me from the water." Nûh (Noah) said: "This day
there is no saviour[] from the Decree of Allâh except him on whom He has
mercy." And a waves came in between them, so he (the son) was among the
drowned. (43) And it was said: "O earth! Swallow up your water, and O
sky! Withhold (your rain)." And the water was made to subside and the
Decree (of Allâh) was fulfilled (i.e. the destruction of the people of Nûh
(Noah). And it (the ship) rested on