Quran 11:38 — Hud, verse 38
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
So he began to build the Ark, and whenever leaders of his people passed by, they laughed at him. He said, ‘You may scorn us now, but we will come to scorn you:
وَيَصْنَعُ الْفُلْكَ وَكُلَّمَا مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ مَلَأٌ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ سَخِرُوا مِنْهُ ۚ قَالَ إِنْ تَسْخَرُوا مِنَّا فَإِنَّا نَسْخَرُ مِنْكُمْ كَمَا تَسْخَرُونَ
wayaṣnaʿu l-ful'ka wakullamā marra ʿalayhi mala-on min qawmihi sakhirū min'hu qāla in taskharū minnā fa-innā naskharu minkum kamā taskharūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So he was making the Ark; and whenever a council of his people passed by him they scoffed at him, He said, 'If you scoff at us, we shall surely scoff at you, as you scoff
- Muhammad Asad
- And [so Noah] set himself to building the ark; and every time the great ones of his people passed by him, they scoffed at him. [Thereupon] he said: "If you are scoffing at us-behold, we are scoffing at you [and your ignorance], just as you are scoffing at us.
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَيَصْنَعُwayaṣnaʿu | And he was constructing | صنع |
| 2 | ٱلْفُلْكَl-ful'ka | the ship | فلك |
| 3 | وَكُلَّمَاwakullamā | and every time | كلل |
| 4 | مَرَّmarra | passed | مرر |
| 5 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | by him | — |
| 6 | مَلَأٌۭmala-on | (the) chiefs | ملأ |
| 7 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 8 | قَوْمِهِۦqawmihi | his people | قوم |
| 9 | سَخِرُوا۟sakhirū | they ridiculed | سخر |
| 10 | مِنْهُ ۚmin'hu | [of] him | — |
| 11 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 12 | إِنin | If | — |
| 13 | تَسْخَرُوا۟taskharū | you ridicule | سخر |
| 14 | مِنَّاminnā | us | — |
| 15 | فَإِنَّاfa-innā | then we | — |
| 16 | نَسْخَرُnaskharu | can ridicule | سخر |
| 17 | مِنكُمْminkum | you | — |
| 18 | كَمَاkamā | as | — |
| 19 | تَسْخَرُونَtaskharūna | you ridicule | سخر |