9 Preface ۞ كَذَّبَت قَبلَهُم قَومُ نوحٍ فَكَذَّبوا عَبدَنا وَقالوا مَجنونٌ وَازدُجِرَYusuf AliBefore them the People of Noah rejected (their messenger): they rejected Our servant,1 and said, “Here is one possessed!”, and he was driven out.The story of Noah and the Flood is frequently referred to in the Qur-ān. The passage which best illustrates this passage will be found in 11:25-48. Note in that passage how they first insult and abuse him arrogantly; how he humbly argues with them; how they laugh him to scorn, as much as to say that he was a madman possessed of some evil spirit; and how the Flood comes and he is saved in the Ark, and the wicked are doomed to destruction.