While Noah and his family were preserved alive, that ungodly world was deluged with water.
فَفِي حِينِ أَنَّهُ حَفِظَ نُوحًا وَعَائِلَتَهُ أَحْيَاءً ،‏ جَلَبَ طُوفَانًا عَلَى ذلِكَ العَالَمِ الكَافِرِ .‏