It was said:
“O Earth! Swallow up your water, and O sky! Withhold (your rain).” The water was diminished
(made to subside) and the Decree (of Allah) was fulfilled (the destruction of the people of Noah).
And it (the ship) rested on Mount Judi, and it was said: “Away with the people who are Zalimeen (polytheists, and wrongdoing)!”
And it was said:
“O Noah! Come down (from the ship) with peace from Us and blessings on you and on the
people o\who are with you(and on some of their offspring), but (there will be other) people to
whom We shall grant their pleasures (for a time), but in the end a painful torment will reach
them from Us.” (Ch 11:41-48 Quran)
With the issue of the divine command, calm returned to earth, the water retreated, and the dry
land shone once again in the rays of the sun. The flood had cleansed the earth of the disbelievers and polytheists.
The Believers Disembark
Noah released the birds, and the beats which scattered over the earth. After that the believers
disembarked. Noah put his forehead to the ground in prostration. The survivors kindled a fire and sat around it. Lighting a fire had been prohibited on board so as not to ignite the ship’s wood and burn it up. None of them had eaten hot food during the entire period of the floor. Following the disembarkation there was a day of fasting in thanks to Allah.