near El-Mósil_); and it was said, Perdition to the offending people![200] (xi. 38-46.) And Noah called upon his Lord, and said, O my Lord, verily my son is of my family, _and Thou hast promised me to save them_, and verily Thy promise is true, and Thou art the most just of those who exercise judgment. _God_ replied, O Noah, verily he is not of thy family _who should be saved, or of the people of thy religion_. Verily it (_namely, thine asking me to save him_) is not a righteous act; _for he was an unbeliever, and there is no safety for the unbelievers_; therefore ask not of me that wherein thou hast no knowledge. I admonish thee, lest thou become [one] of the ignorant.—_Noah_ said, O my Lord, I beg Thee to preserve me from asking Thee that wherein I have no knowledge; and if Thou do not forgive me and have mercy upon me, I shall be of those who suffer loss.—It was said, O Noah, descend _from the ark_,[201] with peace from Us, and blessings, upon thee and upon peoples [that shall proceed] from those who are with thee _in the ark_ (_that is, their believing posterity_); but peoples [that shall proceed] _from those who are with thee_ We will permit to enjoy _the provisions of this world_; then a painful punishment shall befall them from Us, _in the world to come; they being unbelievers_. (xi. 47-50.) _´AD AND THAMOOD._ And _we sent_ unto _the former_ [tribe of] ´Ád[202] their brother Hood.[203] He said, O my people, worship God: _assert His unity_. Ye have no other deity than Him. Will ye not then fear _Him, and believe_?—The chiefs who disbelieved among his people answered, Verily we see thee to be in a foolish way, and verily we esteem thee one of the liars _with respect to the apostolic commission_. He replied, O my people, there is no folly in me; but I am an apostle from the Lord of the worlds. I bring unto you the messages of my Lord, and I am unto you a counsellor, intrusted _with the apostolic office_. Do ye wonder that an admonition hath come unto you from your Lord by _the tongue of_ a man from among you, that he may warn you? And remember how He hath appointed you vicegerents _in the earth_ after the people of Noah, and increased you in tallness of stature. (_For the tall among them was a hundred cubits, and the short among them sixty._) Remember, then, the benefits of God, that ye may prosper. They said, Art thou come unto us that we may worship God alone, and relinquish what our fathers worshipped? Then bring upon us that _punishment_ with which thou threatenest us, if thou be of those who speak truth.—He replied, Punishment and indignation from your Lord have become necessary for you. Do ye dispute with me concerning names which ye and your fathers have given _to idols which ye worship_, concerning which (_that is, the worship of which_) God hath not set down any convincing proof? Then await ye _the punishment_. I am with you, of those who await _that, for your accusing me of falsehood. And the unprofitable wind