Do you find it astonishing that a reminder should come to you from your Lord through one of your own so he may warn you? Remember that He made you successors after the people of Noah and increased you greatly in stature. So remember Allah’s favours, so you may be successful.”
Do you find it astonishing that a reminder should come to you from your Lord through one of your own, warning you, so you may beware and perhaps be shown mercy?”
Adjacent prophet-stories within Al-A'raf sharing the same surprised-people formula: 'do you wonder that a reminder came to you from your Lord upon a man from among you to warn you?'; 7:63 is Nuh's response to his people, 7:69 is Hud's.