Story Of Nuh AS And His Son

The Story of Nuh and His Son

I want you to just one moment, just imagine this picture. Nuh عليه السلام is standing and the rain is falling, the monsoon is pouring from the sky and in the distance he sees his son, in the far distance.

"My son, my small child, please come on this ship and don't drown with the disbelievers."

"Yes. Father, it's okay. I'll hide behind this mountain, that will protect me from the water."

This conversation is captured in the Quran:

"My son, nothing can save you today except the mercy of Allah." And the wave came between them and he drowned.

Imagine the sadness of the father watching his child drown.

The Sadness of Parents Today

On the way to this class, I was talking on the phone to a mother — and I take these calls every other day. "My children don't pray. My children are on drugs. My children want to leave Islam. My children are severely depressed. He's in the hospital, he says Allah doesn't exist — what do I do? I did everything. I told them, I asked them, I helped them, I guided them."

But the environment, the school, the class, their friends — you know, the sadness in a parent's voice. You don't know, you have to speak to a parent like that.