as he was building the ark whenever the elders of his people passed by him they would ridicule him. he said if you ridicule us we shall ridicule you just as you ridicule us .
ويصنع الفلك وكلما مر عليه ملأ من قومه سخروا منه قال إن تسخروا منا فإنا نسخر منكم كما تسخرون