26.105 – The people of Noah called the envoys liars
In this version of the Noah story (vv. 105–20), the audience asks why they should believe Noah when only – in their opinion – the worst kind of people follow him. Noah replies that reckoning with the believers is God’s concern, but Noah is hardly going to drive the believers away!
Other versions of the Noah story appear at 7.59–64; 10.71–73; 11.25–49; 23.23–30; 54.7–17; and 71.1–28. See the discussion of the Quran’s repetition of stories at 51.24.