According to some chronicles, he is likewise considered to be a prophet, sent by the Almighty. Muhammad Bin Ka’b-ul-Fuzi states that the cause of the change of his countenance happened in the following manner: By the command of the Most High, w. n. b. e., all those who were in the ark of Nûh had been prohibited to have connection with their wives until the violence of the storm, the accumulation of the clouds, and the beating of the waves had subsided, and the ark had settled on dry ground. But the fire of Hâm’s lust blazed up whilst the deluge was at its height; he had intercourse with his spouse, and his complexion became changed. Some of the principal historians, however, have rejected this tradition, and even that of his having witnessed the nudity of Nûh and not covered it. At any rate, Hâm separated from his father, and travelled until he arrived at the shores of the southern ocean, where he settled. There the Almighty—w. n. b. pr.—bestowed upon him nine sons, namely, Hind, Sind, Zanj, Nuba, Kana’an, Kûsh, Qabat, Berber, and Habsh; from these the negroes of Africa, the Abyssinians, Zanzibaris, and Hindus are derived. Among the children of Hâm eighteen languages originated, each tribe using its own idiom; but when they could no longer understand each other, they necessarily dispersed, and built towns. It is said that to the south of the equinoxial line the land is cultivated as far as the fourteenth degree of latitude, and inhabited by some of the children of Hâm.