36 And it was revealed to Noah: None of thy people will believe except those who have already believed, so grieve not at what they do: |
37 And make the ark under Our eyes and Our revelation, and speak not to Me on behalf of those who are unjust. Surely they will be drowned. |
38 And he began to make the ark. And whenever the chiefs of his people passed by him, they laughed at him. He said: If you laugh at us, surely we, too, laugh at you as you laugh (at us). |
39 So you shall know who it is on whom will come a chastisement which will disgrace him, and on whom a lasting chastisement will fall. |
40 At length when Our command came and water gushed forth from the valley, We said: Carry in it two of all things, a pair, and thine own family — except those against whom the word has already gone forth — and those who believe. And there believed not with him but a few. |
41 And he said: Embark in it, in the name of Allāh be its sailing and its anchoring. Surely my Lord is Forgiving, Merciful. |
42 And it moved on with them amid waves like mountains. And Noah called out to his son, and he was aloof: O my son, embark with us and be not with the disbelievers. |
43 He said: I will betake myself for refuge to a mountain that will save me from the water. He said: There is none safe today from Allāh’s command, but he on whom He has mercy. And a wave intervened between them, so he was among the drowned. |
44 And it was said: O earth, swallow thy water, and O cloud, clear away. And the water was made to abate, and the affair was decided, and it rested on the Jūdī, and it was said: Away with the iniquitous people! |
45 And Noah cried to his Lord and said: My Lord, surely my son is of my family, and Thy promise is true, and Thou art the Justest of the judges. |
46 He said: O Noah, he is not of thy family; he is (an embodiment of) unrighteous conduct. So ask not of Me that of which thou hast no knowledge. I admonish thee lest thou be of the ignorant. |