The Holy Quran 11:38 — Surah Hud

Arabic text

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

Translation

(Complying with Allaah's command,) He (Nooh عليه الصلاة والسلام) continued to build the ark. Whenever the leaders of his people passed by him, they mocked him (among other statements, they told him that he was foolish to build an ark when there was no water about). He (Nooh عليه الصلاة والسلام) said, "If you mock us, then we shall also (have an opportunity to) mock you just as you do to us.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The Ark of Nuh ﵇: it is said that the Ark was built over many years. It was not so much a boat as a great ship, in which there were separate decks. The mufassirun (commentators) have related many exaggerated and strange reports about its details, most of which are Isra'iliyyat (reports taken from the People of the Book).

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