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fall."
At last the work was finished and the Ark stood in readiness on dry
land, far away from the sea. Now that it was ready Allah told Noah
that He would send him a sign and that when it came he, his family -
with the exception of the one for whom the Word had spoken against
- and the believers were to go on board the Ark taking with them a
pair of every kind of animal. Allah told Noah that the sign they must
await would be that water would gush forth from an oven.
When the command of Allah came, water gushed forth from the oven
and Noah, his family and followers herded the animals on board the
Ark and Noah said, "Embark. In the Name of Allah will be its course
and berthing. Indeed, My Lord is Forgiving, Merciful." And Noah
supplicated saying, "My Lord, do not leave a single unbeliever on the
earth. Surely, if You leave them they will mislead Your worshipers
and father none but the immoral, and unbelievers. Forgive me My
Lord, and my parents, and whosoever seeks refuge in my house as a
At last the work was finished and the Ark stood in readiness on dry
land, far away from the sea. Now that it was ready Allah told Noah
that He would send him a sign and that when it came he, his family -
with the exception of the one for whom the Word had spoken against
- and the believers were to go on board the Ark taking with them a
pair of every kind of animal. Allah told Noah that the sign they must
await would be that water would gush forth from an oven.
When the command of Allah came, water gushed forth from the oven
and Noah, his family and followers herded the animals on board the
Ark and Noah said, "Embark. In the Name of Allah will be its course
and berthing. Indeed, My Lord is Forgiving, Merciful." And Noah
supplicated saying, "My Lord, do not leave a single unbeliever on the
earth. Surely, if You leave them they will mislead Your worshipers
and father none but the immoral, and unbelievers. Forgive me My
Lord, and my parents, and whosoever seeks refuge in my house as a