46 Preface وَقَومَ نوحٍ مِن قَبلُ ۖ إِنَّهُم كانوا قَومًا فاسِقينَYusuf AliSo were the People1 of Noah before them for they wickedly transgressed.The generation of Noah was swept away in the Flood for their sins: 7:59-64. The point is that such a flood seemed so unlikely to them that they thought Noah was “wandering in his mind” when he delivered God’s Message: 7:60.