وَيَصْنَعُ And he was constructing ٱلْفُلْكَ the ship وَكُلَّمَا and every time مَرَّ passed عَلَيْهِ by him مَلَأٌۭ (the) chiefs مِّن of قَوْمِهِۦ his people سَخِرُوا۟ they ridiculed مِنْهُ ۚ [of] him قَالَ He said إِن If تَسْخَرُوا۟ you ridicule مِنَّا us فَإِنَّا then we نَسْخَرُ can ridicule مِنكُمْ you كَمَا as تَسْخَرُونَ you ridicule ٣٨
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.
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