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;
و [نوح‌] كشتى را مى‌ساخت، و هر بار كه اشرافى از قومش بر او مى‌گذشتند، او را مسخره مى‌كردند. مى‌گفت: «اگر ما را مسخره مى‌كنيد، ما [نيز] شما را همان گونه كه مسخره مى‌كنيد، مسخره خواهيم كرد.»