( فكذبوه ) يعني : كذبوا نوحا ، ( فأنجيناه ) من الطوفان ، ( والذين معه في الفلك ) في السفينة ، ( وأغرقنا الذين كذبوا بآياتنا إنهم كانوا قوما عمين ) أي : كفارا ، قال ابن عباس : عميت قلوبهم عن معرفة الله . قال الزجاج : عموا عن الحق والإيمان ، يقال : رجل عم عن الحق وأعمى في البصر . وقيل : العمي والأعمى كالخضر والأخضر . قال مقاتل : عموات عن نزول العذاب بهم وهو الغرق .
However, Noah’s people rejected him, and did not have faith in Allah, but continued in their disbelief. Noah at last asked Allah to destroy the disbelievers. Allah saved Noah and those who were with him and who had faith from drowning, by enabling them to retreat in the Ark. He destroyed those who rejected His signs, and who continued rejecting them, drowning them in a great flood as their punishment. Indeed they were a people whose hearts were blind to the truth.