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11:43
قال ساوي الى جبل يعصمني من الماء قال لا عاصم اليوم من امر الله الا من رحم وحال بينهما الموج فكان من المغرقين ٤٣
قَالَ سَـَٔاوِىٓ إِلَىٰ جَبَلٍۢ يَعْصِمُنِى مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ ۚ قَالَ لَا عَاصِمَ ٱلْيَوْمَ مِنْ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ۚ وَحَالَ بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلْمَوْجُ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُغْرَقِينَ ٤٣
قَالَ
سَـَٔاوِيٓ
إِلَىٰ
جَبَلٖ
يَعۡصِمُنِي
مِنَ
ٱلۡمَآءِۚ
قَالَ
لَا
عَاصِمَ
ٱلۡيَوۡمَ
مِنۡ
أَمۡرِ
ٱللَّهِ
إِلَّا
مَن
رَّحِمَۚ
وَحَالَ
بَيۡنَهُمَا
ٱلۡمَوۡجُ
فَكَانَ
مِنَ
ٱلۡمُغۡرَقِينَ
٤٣
He replied, “I will take refuge on a mountain, which will protect me from the water.” Noah cried, “Today no one is protected from Allah’s decree except those to whom He shows mercy!” And the waves came between them, and his son was among the drowned.
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On the occasion of Noah’s flood, a strange happening was to be seen: those who had taken refuge by climbing tall peaks were drowned, while those who boarded the Ark were safe, in spite of the fact that the boat had been tossed about on a terrible stormy sea. The reason for this was neither in the peaks themselves nor in the Ark itself. The reason was that this was a matter of God’s will. Had God’s command focussed on the peaks, they would have saved those who had taken refuge on them, while those who had boarded the Ark would have lost their lives. But on this occasion, God’s command focussed on the Ark. So, those who were on it were safe and those who sought refuge in other things were drowned. The system of ‘cause and effect’ in this world is only a veil; otherwise, whatever is happening happens by the direct orders of God. It is the test of a human being that he should be able to tear asunder the outward veil and see the reality; he should discover the divine powers working behind the screen of cause and effect.

He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
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