9 Preface ثُمَّ إِنّي أَعلَنتُ لَهُم وَأَسرَرتُ لَهُم إِسرارًاYusuf Ali“Further I have spoken to them in public1 and secretly in private,Noah used all the resources of the earnest preacher: he dinned the Message of God into their ears; he spoke in public places; and he took individuals into his confidence and appealed to them; but all in vain.