( فكذبوه ) يعني نوحا ( فنجيناه ومن معه في الفلك وجعلناهم خلائف ) أي : جعلنا الذين معه في الفلك سكان الأرض خلفاء عن الهالكين . ( وأغرقنا الذين كذبوا بآياتنا فانظر كيف كان عاقبة المنذرين ) أي : آخر أمر الذين أنذرتهم الرسل فلم يؤمنوا .
Noah’s people denied him and did not accept him. I therefore saved him and those believers who were with him in the ship. I made them the successors of those before them; and I destroyed those who rejected the signs and evidence that he brought by means of the Flood. So reflect, O Messenger, over the fate of the people who were warned by Noah (peace be with him) but did not believe.