Quran 11:38

Surah Hud, Verse 38

Juz 12 · Page 226 · Ruku 186 · Meccan

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

Word by word

وَيَصْنَعُ wayaṣnaʿu And he was constructing ٱلْفُلْكَ l-ful'ka the ship وَكُلَّمَا wakullamā and every time مَرَّ marra passed عَلَيْهِ ʿalayhi by him مَلَأٌۭ mala-on (the) chiefs مِّن min of قَوْمِهِۦ qawmihi his people سَخِرُوا۟ sakhirū they ridiculed مِنْهُ ۚ min'hu [of] him قَالَ qāla He said إِن in If تَسْخَرُوا۟ taskharū you ridicule مِنَّا minnā us فَإِنَّا fa-innā then we نَسْخَرُ naskharu can ridicule مِنكُمْ minkum you كَمَا kamā as تَسْخَرُونَ taskharūna you ridicule

Transliteration

WayasnaAAu alfulka wakullamamarra AAalayhi malaon min qawmihi sakhiroo minhu qala intaskharoo minna fa-inna naskharu minkum kamataskharoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And he was building the ship, and every time that chieftains of his people passed him, they made mock of him. He said: Though ye make mock of Us, yet We mock at you even as ye mock;

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Forthwith he (starts) constructing the Ark: Every time that the chiefs of his people passed by him, they threw ridicule on him. He said: "If ye ridicule us now, we (in our turn) can look down on you with ridicule likewise!

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وقوله : ( ويصنع الفلك وكلما مر عليه ملأ من قومه سخروا منه ) أي : يطنزون به ويكذبون بما يتوعدهم به من الغرق ، ( قال إن تسخروا منا فإنا نسخر منكم كما تسخرون فسوف تعلمون ) وعيد شديد ، وتهديد أكيد ،