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وَيَصْنَعُ ٱلْفُلْكَ وَكُلَّمَا مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ مَلَأٌۭ مِّن قَوْمِهِۦ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُ ۚ قَالَ إِن تَسْخَرُوا۟ مِنَّا فَإِنَّا نَسْخَرُ مِنكُمْ كَمَا تَسْخَرُونَ﴿٣٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And he constructed the ship, and whenever an assembly of the eminent of his people passed by him, they ridiculed him. He said, "If you ridicule us, then we will ridicule you just as you ridicule.

Word-by-word meaning

وَيَصْنَعُwayaṣnaʿuAnd he was constructing
ٱلْفُلْكَl-ful'kathe ship
وَكُلَّمَاwakullamāand every time
مَرَّmarrapassed
عَلَيْهِʿalayhiby him
مَلَأٌۭmala-on(the) chiefs
مِّنminof
قَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people
سَخِرُوا۟sakhirūthey ridiculed
مِنْهُ ۚmin'hu[of] him
قَالَqālaHe said
إِنinIf
تَسْخَرُوا۟taskharūyou ridicule
مِنَّاminnāus
فَإِنَّاfa-innāthen we
نَسْخَرُnaskharucan ridicule
مِنكُمْminkumyou
كَمَاkamāas
تَسْخَرُونَtaskharūnayou ridicule

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Revelation to Nuh concerning what would happen to the People and the Command to prepare for ItAllah, the Exalted, sent revelation to Nuh when his people hastened the vengeance and punishment of Allah upon themselves.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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