1 Preface إِنّا أَرسَلنا نوحًا إِلىٰ قَومِهِ أَن أَنذِر قَومَكَ مِن قَبلِ أَن يَأتِيَهُم عَذابٌ أَليمٌYusuf AliWe sent Noah1 to his People (with the Command): “Do thou warn thy People before there comes to them a grievous Penalty.” Noah’s mission is referred to in many places. See specially 11:25-49 and notes. His contemporaries had completely abandoned the moral law. A purge had to be made, and the great Flood made it. This gives a new starting point in history for Noah’s People - i.e., for the remnant saved in the Ark.