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son,” Queen Asiya said. Firawn trembled with rage that anyone would dare to disagree with him. But finally the queen’s strong arguments touched his heart. In the end, Firawn relented and agreed that the child should be brought up in the palace under the queen’s care. Firawn Is Drowned No sooner did Firawn and his whole army reach the middle of the sea, than the waves standing obediently on either side like huge walls were returned to their original form by Allah’s order and fell on them. Firawn and all his army were crushed and drowned in the raging seas. Seeing his tragic end, Firawn realized that he had been wrong about Musa and his message. At the last moment Firawn turned to Allah and cried out: “Now, I believe that no god exists except Allah in whom the Children of Israel believe. To Him I give up myself.” But Allah rejected his last-minute confession, “Only now! But before this you were a rebel and a wrongdoer.” (10: 90-91) After Firawn drowned, his dead body was apparently taken out of the sea and, according to the old Egyptian custom, was mummified. As the people looked on at the destruction of the Egyptians from the safety of the Sinai Peninsula, Musa encouraged them not to forget this day. “Remember Allah’s goodness to you when He delivered you from Firawn’s nation, who had oppressed you cruelly, putting your sons to death and sparing only your daughters. Surely that was a great trial from your Lord. For He had declared: ‘If you give thanks, I will bestow abundance upon you: but if you deny My favours, My punishment shall be terrible indeed.” Musa warned the Children of Israel: “If you and all mankind prove thankless, He does not need your thanks, though He deserves your praise.” (14: 6-8) o Everyone is in search of God. It is God who gives meaning to all phenomena, because, after finding God, Everything falls into place.