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Quran 11:38

Surah Hud, verse 38 of 123 · Juz 12

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

Translations of Quran 11:38
EnglishTalal Itani

As he was building the Ark, whenever some of his people passed by him, they ridiculed him. He said, “If you ridicule us, we will ridicule you, just as you ridicule.”

EnglishPickthall, 1930

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;

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Gemiyi yapıyordu, kavminden her hangi bir güruh de yanından geçtikçe onunla eğleniyorlar, dedi: bizimle eğleniyorsanız, biz de sizi sizin eğlendiğiniz gibi eğleneceğiz

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

Et il construisit un vaisseau, et chaque fois que les chefs de son peuple passaient auprès de lui ils le raillaient. — ne me raillez pas, dit Noé, je vous raillerai à mon tour comme vous me raillez, et vous apprendrez

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

En hij bouwde de ark (en zoo dikwijls eenigen van zijn volk hem voorbij gingen, bespotten zij hem; maar hij zeide tot hen: Ofschoon gij ons nu bespot, zullen wij u later bespotten, gelijk gij ons bespot, gij spot, doch gij zult zekerlijk weten.

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

E fabbricò un’arca sotto i nostri occhi, e secondo la nostra rivelazione, ed ogni volta che i capi del suo popolo passavano vicino a lui, lo beffeggiavano. Non mi deridete, disse Noè, io mi burlerò di voi come voi fate di me, ed apprenderete

Arabic: Tanzil Project. English: Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com. Other translations: public domain editions, listed in Sources.