Some Islamic traditions imply that the Ark wandered on that wavy ocean, for six months when finally the end of the punishment was announced. Then the sky ceased raining and the earth swallowed the water and the Ark sat upon JUDI.
The above verse is one of the most beautiful and expressive passages in the Arabic language and literature. It has a wonderful moving force and fluency through which large scenery is explained in few words, that none of them can be replaced with a synonym without ruining the beauty and changing the whole meaning!