Hashemi, who is from Iran’s southern province of Bushehr, recited Verses 41-49 of the Surah:

“He (Noah) said: ‘Embark. In the Name of Allah will be its course and berthing. Indeed, my Lord is Forgiving, the Most Merciful.’ And so it (the Ark) ran with them amidst the mountainous waves, and Noah cried out to his son, who was standing apart, ‘Embark with us, my son, do not be with the unbelievers!’ But he replied: ‘I shall seek refuge on a mountain, which will protect me from the water.’ He (Noah) said: 'Today, there is no defender from the command of Allah, except those to whom He has mercy.’ And the waves came between them, and he was drowned. And it was said: ‘Earth, swallow up your waters. Heaven, cease!’ The water subsided and the matter was accomplished. And the Ark came to rest upon (the mountain of) AlJudi, and it was said: ‘Be gone, evildoing nation!’ Noah called out to his Lord, saying: ‘O Lord, my son was of my family, and Your promise is surely the truth. You are the most Just of judges.’ He said: ‘Noah, he is not of your family. It is not a good deed. Do not ask Me about things of which you have no knowledge. I reproach you lest you become among the ignorant.’ He said: ‘My Lord, I seek refuge with You from asking You of that which I have no knowledge. If You do not forgive me and have mercy on me, I shall be among the losers.’ It was said: ‘O Noah, descend with peace from Us and blessings on you and on the nations of those with you; and nations We shall give them enjoyment, and then from Us they shall be visited with a painful punishment.’ That is from the news of the unseen which We reveal to you; neither you nor your nation knew this before now. Have patience; the outcome is for the cautious.”

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