to be overwhelmed (in the Flood)."

P: Build the ship under Our eyes and by Our inspiration, and speak not
unto Me on behalf of those who do wrong. Lo! they will be drowned.

S: And make the ark before Our eyes and (according to) Our revelation,
and do not speak to Me in respect of those who are unjust; surely they
shall be drowned.

011.038
Y: Forthwith he (starts) constructing the Ark: Every time that the
chiefs of his people passed by him, they threw ridicule on him. He
said: "If ye ridicule us now, we (in our turn) can look down on you
with ridicule likewise!"

P: 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;

S: And he began to make the ark; and whenever the chiefs from among 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).

011.039
Y: "But soon will ye know who it is on whom will descend a penalty that
will cover them with shame,- on whom will be unloosed a penalty
lasting:"

P: And ye shall know to whom a punishment that will confound him cometh,
and upon whom a lasting doom will fall.

S: So shall you know who it is on whom will come a chastisement which
will disgrace him, and on whom will lasting chastisement come down.

011.040
Y: At length, behold! there came Our command, and the fountains of the
earth gushed forth! We said: "Embark therein, of each kind two, male
and female, and your family - except those against whom the word has
already gone forth,- and the Believers." but only a few believed with
him.

P: (Thus it was) till, when Our commandment came to pass and the oven
gushed forth water, We said: Load therein two of every kind, a pair
(the male and female), and thy household, save him against whom the
word hath gone forth already, and those who believe. And but a few were
they who believed with him.

S: Until when Our command came and water came forth from the valley, We
said: Carry in it two of all things, a pair, and your 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.

011.041
Y: So he said: "Embark ye on the Ark, In the name of Allah, whether it
move or be at rest! For my Lord is, be sure, Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful!"

P: And he said: Embark therein! In the name of Allah be its c