75 Preface وَلَقَد نادانا نوحٌ فَلَنِعمَ المُجيبونَYusuf Ali(In the days of old), Noah cried to Us,1 and We are the best to hear prayer.Cf. 21:76-77. The story of Noah occurs in many places; here the point is that when men gird themselves against evil, God protects them, and Evil cannot triumph against God’s Plan.