{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/quran/00711.htm","path":"isl/quran/00711.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/00711.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\n85. Wa-ila madyana akhahum shuAAayban qala ya qawmi oAAbudoo Allaha ma lakum min ilahin ghayruhu qad jaatkum bayyinatun min rabbikum faawfoo alkayla waalmeezana wala tabkhasoo alnnasa ashyaahum wala tufsidoo fee al-ardi baAAda islahiha thalikum khayrun lakum in kuntum mu/mineena\n85. To the Madyan people\nWe sent Shu\u2018aib, one\n Of their own brethren: he said:\n \"O my people! worship God;\n Ye have no other god\n But Him. Now hath come\n Unto you a clear (Sign)\n From your Lord! Give just\n Measure and weight, nor withhold\n From the people the things\n That are their due; and do\n No mischief on the earth\n After it has been set\n In order: that will be best\n For you, if ye have Faith.\n86. Wala taqAAudoo bikulli siratin tooAAidoona watasuddoona AAan sabeeli Allahi man amana bihi watabghoonaha AAiwajan waothkuroo ith kuntum qaleelan fakaththarakum waonthuroo kayfa kana AAaqibatu almufsideena\n86. \"And squat not on every road,\n Breathing threats, hindering\n From the path of God\n Those who believe in Him,\n And seeking in it\n Something crooked;\n But remember how ye were\n Little, and He gave you increase.\n And hold in your mind's eye\n What was the end\nOf those who did mischief.\n87. Wa-in kana ta-ifatun minkum amanoo biallathee orsiltu bihi wata-ifatun lam yu/minoo faisbiroo hatta yahkuma Allahu baynana wahuwa khayru alhakimeena\n87. \"And if there is a party\n Among you who believes\n In the Message with which\n I have been sent, and a party\n Which does not believe,\n Hold yourselves in patience\n Until God doth decide\n Between us: for He\n Is the best to decide.\"\n88. Qala almalao allatheena istakbaroo min qawmihi lanukhrijannaka ya shuAAaybu waallatheena amanoo maAAaka min qaryatina aw lataAAoodunna fee millatina qala awa law kunna kariheena\n88. The leaders, the arrogant\n Party among his people, said:\n \"O Shu\u2019aib! we shall\n Certainly drive thee out\n Of our city\u2014(thee) and those\n Who believe with thee;\n Or else ye (thou and they)\n Shall have to return\n To our ways and religion.\"\n He said: \"What! even\n Though we do detest (them)?\n89. Qadi iftarayna AAala Allahi kathiban in AAudna fee millatikum baAAda ith najjana Allahu minha wama yakoonu lana an naAAooda feeha illa an yashaa Allahu rabbuna wasiAAa rabbuna kulla shay-in AAilman AAala Allahi tawakkalna rabbana iftah baynana wabayna qawmina bialhaqqi waanta khayru alfatiheena\n89. \"We should indeed invent\n A lie against God,\n If we returned to your ways\n After God hath rescued\n Us therefrom; nor could we\n By any manner of means\n Return thereto unless it be\n As in the will and plan of God,\n Our Lord. Our Lord\n Can reach out to the utmost\n Recesses of things by His\n knowledge.\n In God is our trust.\n Our Lord! Decide thou\n Between us and our people\nIn truth, for thou\n Art the best to decide.\"\n90. Waqala almalao allatheena kafaroo min qawmihi la-ini ittabaAAtum shuAAayban innakum ithan lakhasiroona\n90. The leaders, the Unbelievers\n Among his people, said:\n \"If ye follow Shu\u2019aib,\n Be sure then ye are ruined!\"\n91. Faakhathat-humu alrrajfatu faasbahoo fee darihim jathimeena\n91. But the earthquake took them\n Unawares, and they lay\n Prostrate in their homes\n Before the morning!\"\n92. Allatheena kaththaboo shuAAayban kaan lam yaghnaw feeha allatheena kaththaboo shuAAayban kanoo humu alkhasireena\n92. The men who rejected\n Shu\u2019aib became as if\n They had never been\n In the homes where they\n Had flourished: the men\n Who rejected Shu\u2019aib\u2014\n It was they who were ruined!\n93. Fatawalla AAanhum waqala ya qawmi laqad ablaghtukum risalati rabbee wanasahtu lakum fakayfa asa AAala qawmin kafireena\n93. So Shu\u2019aib left them,\n Saying: \"O my people!\n I did indeed convey to you\n The Messages for which\n I was sent by my Lord:\n I gave you good counsel,\n But how shall I lament\nOver a people who refuse\n To believe!\"","title":"The Quran: S\u016bra VII.: A\u2019r\u0101f, or the Heights: Section 11 (85-93)","type":"page"}