The people of Noah, before them, called it a lie, and they called our servant a liar, and said, “Mad!” and he was rejected.

Then he besought his Lord, “Verily I am overpowered: defend me.”

So we opened the gates of heaven with water pouring forth,

And we made the earth break out in springs, and the waters met by an order foreordained;

And we carried him on a vessel of planks and nails,

Which sailed on beneath our eyes;—a reward for him who had been disbelieved.

And we left it as a sign; but doth any one mind?

And what was my torment and warning?

And we have made the Korān easy for reminding; but doth anyone mind?

Ad called it a lie; but what was my torment and warning?