26 Preface وَقالَ نوحٌ رَبِّ لا تَذَر عَلَى الأَرضِ مِنَ الكافِرينَ دَيّارًاYusuf AliAnd Noah, said: “O my Lord! Leave not of the Unbelievers, a single one on earth!1The Flood was sent in order to purge all sin. The prayer of Noah is not vindictive. It simply means, “Cut off all the roots of sin”. See next note.