Overall meaning : 'You have argued with us, Noah,’ his people said to him, as Allah Almighty informs us, 'and you have prolonged the dispute with us. Bring down on us the punishment with which you threaten us if what you claim is true.’ He said, 'Only Allah can bring it upon you if He so wills, and you will by no means escape it if He wishes to inflict on you, for nothing whatsoever in the heavens or the earth can ever frustrate His purpose. My advice will not benefit you, no matter how hard I try to call you to faith, if Allah wants you to go astray and remain in error because of your persistent obstinacy. He is your Lord and to Him will you all be returned in the hereafter for judgement.
Or do your idolatrous people, Muhammad, say that you have invented the Qur’an and fabricated Noah’s story yourself? Say to them, 'If I have invented the Qur’an, as you falsely claim, I will bear the burden of my own sins for inventing falsehood about Allah; but I am telling the truth, then you are indeed the wicked evildoers, and I am innocent of your unbelief and the sins and crimes you commit.’