This ayah drives the point home that absolutely nothing will save us except for our sincere attempt for righteousness and Allah's mercy. A righteous person may plea for our sake and we still cannot count on that being our salvation. This person's father - Nuh (as) - was a prophet, among the most righteous of all that has ever been created, and he pleaded with Allah and his son's behalf. It wasn't enough to save this person. How can we delude ourselves for even a second into thinking that we are going to be okay if we aren’t at least trying to be righteous and to be covered under the mercy of Allah?

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Indeed, this is a grim reminder that righteousness and being a believer is above all else even kinship and blood-relation, which is itself reverred in the Quran.

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