ߞߘߐ ߟߎ߬ ߘߟߊߡߌ߬ߘߊ߬ߟߌ ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫ 38 ߝߐߘߊ ߘߏ߫ ߤߎ߯ߘߎ߫ ߝߐߘߊ - ߊ߲߬ߞߌ߬ߟߋ߬ߞߊ߲ ߘߟߊߡߌߘߊ - ߞߓ. ߥߊ߬ߟߌ߯ߘ ߓߊߟߌߤߊߛ߭ ߊ.ߟߑߊ߳ߺߊߡߑߙߌ߮ ߓߟߏ߫ - ߞߎ߬ߙߣߊ߬ ߞߟߊߒߞߋ ߔߘߋߞߎ

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 38

وَيَصۡنَعُ ٱلۡفُلۡكَ وَكُلَّمَا مَرَّ عَلَيۡهِ مَلَأٞ مِّن قَوۡمِهِۦ سَخِرُواْ مِنۡهُۚ قَالَ إِن تَسۡخَرُواْ مِنَّا فَإِنَّا نَسۡخَرُ مِنكُمۡ كَمَا تَسۡخَرُونَ

(38) And ˹as˺ he was making^[2538] the ship; whenever a group of the notables of his people passed by him, they ridiculed him. He said: “If you ridicule us, then we ridicule you as you ridicule ˹us˺”.

[2538] Wa yaṣnaʿu (lit. and he makes) is a present simple verb used rhetorically to immediately bring an image to the listener’s mind; he then ‘sees’ Noah (عليه السلام) working on his weighty task (cf. Ibn ʿĀshūr).