Surah Hud ayat 38 Tafsir Quran 11:38

﴿وَيَصْنَعُ الْفُلْكَ وَكُلَّمَا مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ مَلَأٌ مِّن قَوْمِهِ سَخِرُوا مِنْهُ ۚ قَالَ إِن تَسْخَرُوا مِنَّا فَإِنَّا نَسْخَرُ مِنكُمْ كَمَا تَسْخَرُونَ﴾
[ هود: 38]

11:38 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.

And he was building the Ark yasna‘ is narrating a past state in the present tense and whenever a council a group of his people passed him they scoffed at him mocked him. He said ‘Though you scoff at us yet we scoff at you even as you scoff when we are saved while you drown;

As he was building the Ark he was laughed at, as often as some of those in whose hearts reigned vices and follies went by, they laughed him to scorn. But he said to them: If you consider us now the laughing-stock, soon enough shall you be the object of laughter and our mouth shall be filled with laughter as yours was

The Revelation to Nuh concerning what would happen to the People and the Command to prepare for It Allah, the Exalted, sent revelation to Nuh when his people hastened the vengeance and punishment of Allah upon themselves.
Then, Nuh supplicated against them, as Allah mentioned, when He said; رَّبِّ لاَ تَذَرْ عَلَى الاٌّرْضِ مِنَ الْكَـفِرِينَ دَيَّاراً ( My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers inhabiting the earth! ) 71:26 And he said, فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنُّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَانتَصِرْ ( Then he invoked his Lord (saying ): "I have been overcome, so help ( me )!")54:10 At this point Allah revealed to him, أَنَّهُ لَن يُؤْمِنَ مِن قَوْمِكَ إِلاَّ مَن قَدْ ءَامَنَ ( None of your people will believe except those who have believed already. ) Therefore, do not grieve over them and do not be concerned with their affair. وَاصْنَعِ الْفُلْكَ ( And construct the ship. ) The word Fulk here means ship. بِأَعْيُنِنَا ( under Our Eyes ) This means under Our vision. وَوَحْيِنَا ( and with Our revelation, ) This means, "We will teach you ( Nuh ) what to do." وَلاَ تُخَـطِبْنِى فِى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ إِنَّهُمْ مُّغْرَقُونَ ( and address Me not on behalf of those who did wrong; they are surely to be drowned. ) Muhammad bin Ishaq mentioned from the Tawrah, "Allah commanded him ( Nuh ) to make it ( the ship ) from Indian oak wood.
Then He commanded him to make its length eighty cubits and its width fifty cubits.
Allah then commanded him to coat its interior and exterior with tar and to make it with a slanted bow to part the water ( as it sailed ).
Its height was thirty cubits into the sky.
It had three levels and each level was ten cubits high.
The lowest level was for the animals, both tame and wild, the second level was for the human beings and the highest level was for the birds.
Its door was in the center of it and it had a cover on top of it that covered the entire ship.
Concerning Allah's statement, وَيَصْنَعُ الْفُلْكَ وَكُلَّمَا مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ مَلأٌ مِّن قَوْمِهِ سَخِرُواْ مِنْهُ ( And as he was constructing the ship, whenever the chiefs of his people passed by him, they mocked at him. ) This means that they teased him and rejected his threat that they would drown ( in the forthcoming flood ). قَالَ إِن تَسْخَرُواْ مِنَّا فَإِنَّا نَسْخَرُ مِنكُمْ ( He said: "If you mock at us, so do we mock at you likewise..." ) This is a severe threat and a serious warning. مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ ( who it is on whom will come a torment that will cover him with disgrace ) This means that it ( the torment ) will humiliate him in this life. وَيَحِلُّ عَلَيْهِ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ ( and on whom will fall a lasting torment. ) that is continuous and everlasting.

The Revelation to Nuh concerning what would happen to the People and the Command to prepare for It Allah, the Exalted, sent revelation to Nuh when his people hastened the vengeance and punishment of Allah upon themselves.
Then, Nuh supplicated against them, as Allah mentioned, when He said; رَّبِّ لاَ تَذَرْ عَلَى الاٌّرْضِ مِنَ الْكَـفِرِينَ دَيَّاراً ( My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers inhabiting the earth! ) 71:26 And he said, فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنُّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَانتَصِرْ ( Then he invoked his Lord (saying ): "I have been overcome, so help ( me )!")54:10 At this point Allah revealed to him, أَنَّهُ لَن يُؤْمِنَ مِن قَوْمِكَ إِلاَّ مَن قَدْ ءَامَنَ ( None of your people will believe except those who have believed already. ) Therefore, do not grieve over them and do not be concerned with their affair. وَاصْنَعِ الْفُلْكَ ( And construct the ship. ) The word Fulk here means ship. بِأَعْيُنِنَا ( under Our Eyes ) This means under Our vision. وَوَحْيِنَا ( and with Our revelation, ) This means, "We will teach you ( Nuh ) what to do." وَلاَ تُخَـطِبْنِى فِى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ إِنَّهُمْ مُّغْرَقُونَ ( and address Me not on behalf of those who did wrong; they are surely to be drowned. ) Muhammad bin Ishaq mentioned from the Tawrah, "Allah commanded him ( Nuh ) to make it ( the ship ) from Indian oak wood.
Then He commanded him to make its length eighty cubits and its width fifty cubits.
Allah then commanded him to coat its interior and exterior with tar and to make it with a slanted bow to part the water ( as it sailed ).
Its height was thirty cubits into the sky.
It had three levels and each level was ten cubits high.
The lowest level was for the animals, both tame and wild, the second level was for the human beings and the highest level was for the birds.
Its door was in the center of it and it had a cover on top of it that covered the entire ship.
Concerning Allah's statement, وَيَصْنَعُ الْفُلْكَ وَكُلَّمَا مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ مَلأٌ مِّن قَوْمِهِ سَخِرُواْ مِنْهُ ( And as he was constructing the ship, whenever the chiefs of his people passed by him, they mocked at him. ) This means that they teased him and rejected his threat that they would drown ( in the forthcoming flood ). قَالَ إِن تَسْخَرُواْ مِنَّا فَإِنَّا نَسْخَرُ مِنكُمْ ( He said: "If you mock at us, so do we mock at you likewise..." ) This is a severe threat and a serious warning. مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ ( who it is on whom will come a torment that will cover him with disgrace ) This means that it ( the torment ) will humiliate him in this life. وَيَحِلُّ عَلَيْهِ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ ( and on whom will fall a lasting torment. ) that is continuous and everlasting.

( And he was building the ship ) and he started to construct the ship, ( and every time that chieftains of his people passed him, they made mock of him ) they derided him for so doing. ( He said: Though ye make mock of us ) today, ( yet we mock at you ) after today ( even as ye mock ) us now;

And as he was constructing the ship, whenever the chiefs of his people passed by him, they made a mockery of him. He said: "If you mock at us, so do we mock at you likewise for your mocking.

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