The devastated wife of tragic diver Bilal Furqan told last night how her faith was helping her cope with the loss of her “beautiful” husband and “best friend” after he succumbed to his injuries.Father-of-four Mr Furqan, 41, died yesterday surrounded by his family at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.Doctors told his wife Michelle that his brain “shut down” due to the neck and spinal trauma he suffered after diving off a cliff at Admiralty House Park, Pembroke, on Saturday afternoon.“His lungs weren’t working, his heart wasn’t working and, ultimately, his brain stopped,” said Mrs Furqan. “His brain was dead. Once that happens to anyone, that’s it.”She said the family had prayed for three days by his bedside for his recovery but had to accept nothing could be done.“It’s okay, he’s gone,” she said. “My husband is a man of faith. He loved the Lord and that’s how he raised his family.“I know where he is. I know he’s in a better place and I know I will see him again. That’s what we believe.“I hold fast to our belief system. My children know that. They know that because that’s how we raised them.”Mrs Furqan, who turns 43 on Saturday, was at the beach watching her husband when he took what would prove to be a fatal dive. Their 12-year-old son Benjamin was on top of the cliff, waiting to follow his father into the sea.“He wasn’t the only person jumping that day,” she said of her husband. “There were several people. What he was doing that day was playing with his children. He was playing with his son. He’s done it before so we didn’t think anything of it.”She saw her husband, with whom she ran Benaiah Carpentry, enter the water and thought “everything looked fine and in a minute he’ll come up”.She said: “His body did come to the surface. It just stayed there. He wasn’t taking his head out and drying his eyes, like he would usually do. I was like: ‘this is too long’.“I shouted to Benjamin. I said: ‘I think something is wrong with your daddy’. He said: ‘no, he’s fine’. He looked a little longer and realised something was not right. He jumped in to try to save his father. He’s a brave little boy; a brave big boy. His little body was pulling his father’s body in [before other rescuers reached Mr Furqan].”She said there was no bruising, grazing or other physical evidence to indicate how her husband came by his injuries. “I don’t know what happened,” she said. “When they say freak accident, that’s exactly what it was.”Mrs Furqan described the last few days as “so surreal”.“This doesn’t happen to us, it happens to other people,” she said. “I thank everyone who has been supportive. We have had a lot of love over the past few days.”The couple first met as students at Northlands School but lost touch. They met again years later in church, had a “fast courtship” and got married at Newstead Belmont 13 years ago.Both Hebrew Christians, they worshipped at Radnor Road Christian Fellowship for many years and are affiliated with a rabbi in Denver, US.The family, including sons William, 22, and Benjamin, and daughters Meshalae, 15, and ten-year-old McKenzie, has lived in St David’s for almost 12 years. “He was really a nice guy, very giving,” said Mrs Furqan of her husband. “He was always a nice person, very sociable, very happy. I think he stretched himself too much. He wanted to try to make everybody happy.”She added: “He has a beautiful smile. He had really pretty eyes. His eyes would light up a room.“He was beautiful. He was my best friend, he really was. He was my best friend and he would say that about me because we would say that all the time.”McKenzie described her father as “the best daddy”. “He made me laugh,” she said. “He always helped me when I was sad.”William said: “He was a great stepfather. He was always there for me, always supported me when I needed support. Even if I didn’t think I needed support, he supported me. He was always there for my mother. He was strongly committed. He had a genuine heart.”Benjamin said: “He was always fun to be with. Anybody that he’d meet would just like him.”Police confirmed Mr Furqan’s death in a statement yesterday evening and encouraged any witnesses to the accident to call 295-0011. A spokesman said: “It appears that Mr Furqan was jumping off the rocks into the water when he was knocked unconscious.“As a result he was pulled to the beach by family members and members of the public. “An off duty EMT (emergency medical technician) and nurse began to perform CPR and they managed to get Mr Furqan breathing; however, he remained unconscious.“The pair continued CPR until the paramedics arrived. Mr Furqan was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital where he remained until he was pronounced dead today.“The Bermuda Police Service extends our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Mr Furqan.”