30 Preface وَقالَ الَّذي آمَنَ يا قَومِ إِنّي أَخافُ عَلَيكُم مِثلَ يَومِ الأَحزابِYusuf AliThen said the man who believed: “O my people! Truly I do fear for you something like1 the Day (of disaster) of the Confederates (in sin)!-2He appeals to past history “Have you not heard of people who lived before you?-like the generations of Noah, ‘Ād, Thamūd, and many more-who held together in sin against God’s Preachers, but were wiped out for their sins?”Cf. 38:11-13, and n. 4158, also 40:5, and n. 4361.