Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

He said, ‘If you ridicule us [today],
we shall ridicule you [tomorrow]
just as you ridicule us [now].
39 Soon you will know
whom a disgraceful punishment will overtake
and on whom a lasting punishment will descend.’
40 When Our edict came
and the oven gushed [a stream of water],
We said, ‘Carry in it
a pair ¹ of every kind [of animal],
along with your family
— except those [of them]
against whom the edict has already been given —
and those who have faith.’
And none believed with him except a few.
41 He said, ‘Board it:
In the Name of Allah it shall set sail and cast anchor.
Indeed my Lord is all-forgiving, all-merciful.’
42 And it sailed along with them amid waves
[rising] like mountains.
Noah called out to his son, who stood aloof,
‘O my son! ‘Board with us,
and do not be with the faithless!’
43 He said, ‘I shall take refuge on a mountain;
it will protect me from the flood.’
He said, ‘There is none today who can protect
from Allah’s edict,
except someone upon whom He has mercy.’
Then the waves came between them,