41 Preface وَآيَةٌ لَهُم أَنّا حَمَلنا ذُرِّيَّتَهُم فِي الفُلكِ المَشحونِYusuf AliAnd a Sign for them is that We bore1 their race (through the Flood) in the loaded Ark;Besides the beauty of the Night, with the stars and the planets “swimming” in their rounded courses according to perfect Law, suggesting both symmetry and harmony, there are other Signs touching closely the life of man himself, projected through Time, in the past history of his race and in his own personal experience. The past history of his race takes us to the story of the Flood, which is symbolical of the deliverance of man from the forces of nature. Noah’s Ark is the symbol of that deliverance. But the symbol still remains as a memorial: the Ark was a “Sign to all Peoples”; 29:15. Man’s own personal experience is appealed to in every ship afloat; see next note.