( قالوا يا نوح قد جادلتنا ) خاصمتنا ، ( فأكثرت جدالنا فأتنا بما تعدنا ) من العذاب ( إن كنت من الصادقين ) .
Noah’s people said to him, out of stubbornness and pride, that he had debated and disputed long enough, and told him to bring them the punishment he had promised them, if he was telling the truth in what he claimed.