82 So when Our decree came to pass, We turned them upside down, and rained on them stones, as decreed, one after another, |
83 Marked (for punishment) with thy Lord. And it is not far off from the wrongdoers. |
84 And to Midian (We sent) their brother Shu‘aib. He said: O my people, serve Allāh, you have no other god save Him. And give not short measure and weight. I see you in prosperity, and I fear for you the chastisement of an all-encompassing day: |
85 And, O my people, give full measure and weight justly, and defraud not men of their things, and act not corruptly in the land, making mischief: |
86 What remains with Allāh is better for you, if you are believers. And I am not a keeper over you. |
87 They said: O Shu‘aib, does thy prayer enjoin thee that we should forsake what our fathers worshipped or that we should not do what we please with regard to our property? Forsooth thou art the forbearing, the right-directing one! |
88 He said: O my people, see you if I have a clear proof from my Lord and He has given me a goodly sustenance from Himself. And I desire not to act in opposition to you, in that which I forbid you. I desire nothing but reform, so far as I am able. And with none but Allāh is the direction of my affair to a right issue. In Him I trust and to Him I turn. |
89 And, O my people, let not opposition to me make you guilty so that there may befall you the like of that which befell the people of Noah, or the people of Hūd, or the people of Ṣāliḥ. Nor are the people of Lot far off from you. |
90 And ask forgiveness of your Lord, then turn to Him. Surely my Lord is Merciful, Loving-kind. |
91 They said: O Shu‘aib, we understand not much of what thou sayest and surely we see thee to be weak among us. And were it not for thy family, we would surely stone thee, and thou art not mighty against us. |