Surah Hud, ayah 38
وَيَصْنَعُ ٱلْفُلْكَ وَكُلَّمَا مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ مَلَأٌ مِّن قَوْمِهِۦ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُ ۚ قَالَ إِن تَسْخَرُوا۟ مِنَّا فَإِنَّا نَسْخَرُ مِنكُمْ كَمَا تَسْخَرُونَ
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.
Hud · 11:38
Word by word
- وَيَصْنَعُwayaṣnaʿuAnd he was constructing
- ٱلْفُلْكَl-ful'kathe ship
- وَكُلَّمَاwakullamāand every time
- مَرَّmarrapassed
- عَلَيْهِʿalayhiby him
- مَلَأٌۭmala-on(the) chiefs
- مِّنminof
- قَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people
- سَخِرُوا۟sakhirūthey ridiculed
- مِنْهُ ۚmin'hu[of] him
- قَالَqālaHe said
- إِنinIf
- تَسْخَرُوا۟taskharūyou ridicule
- مِنَّاminnāus
- فَإِنَّاfa-innāthen we
- نَسْخَرُnaskharucan ridicule
- مِنكُمْminkumyou
- كَمَاkamāas
- تَسْخَرُونَtaskharūnayou ridicule
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