َالُواْ یَا شُعَیْبُ أَصَلَوتُکَ تَأْمُرُکَ أَنْ نَّتْرُکَ مَا یَعْبُدُ آبَاؤُنَا أَوْ أَنْ نَّفْعَلَ فِی أَمْوَالِنَا مَا نَشَؤُاْ إِنَّکَ لاََنْتَ الْحَلِیمُ الرَّشِیدُ (( 87 ))

87- THEY SAID:ِ ``O, SHUAIB! DOES YOUR PRAYER COMMAND YOU THAT WE SHOULD LEAVE WHAT OUR FATHERS WORSHIPPED, AND NOT TO DO WITH OUR PROPERTIES WHAT WE LIKE? INDEED YOU ARE A FORBEARING, RIGHT-MINDED.''

قَالَ یَا قَوْمِ أَرَأَیْتُمْ إِنْ کُنتُ عَلَى بَیِّنَة مِنْ رَبِّی وَرَزَقَنِی مِنْهُ رِزْقاً حَسَناً وَمَا أُرِیدُ أَنْ أُخَالِفَکُمْ إِلَى مَا أَنْهَاکُمْ عَنْهُ إِنْ أُرِیدُ إِلاَّ الاِْصْلاَحَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ وَمَا تَوْفِیقِی إِلاَّ بِاللهِ عَلَیْهِ تَوَکَّلْتُ وَإِلَیْهِ أُنِیبُ (( 88 ))

88- HE SAID:ِ ``O, MY PEOPLE! HAVE YOU CONSIDERED IF I STAND ON EVIDENCES FROM MY LORD, AND HE HAS SUSTAINED ME WITH A NICE SUSTENANCE FROM HIS PRESENCE. (CAN I THEN DISOBEY MY LORD?)

      I DO NOT WANT TO OPPOSE YOU BY DOING THAT WHICH I FORBID YOU TO DO. I ONLY SEEK TO REFORM YOU AS FAR AS I CAN, AND MY SUCCESS DEPENDS ON ALLAH. ON HIM I HAVE PUT MY TRUST, AND TO HIM I TURN IN REPENTANCE.''

وَیَا قَوْمِ لاَ یَجْرِمَنَّکُمْ شِقَاقِی أَنْ یُصِیبَکُمْ مِثْلُ مَا أَصَابَ قَوْمَ نُوح أَوْ قَوْمَ هُود أَوْ قَوْمَ صَالِح وَمَا قَوْمُ لُوط مِنْکُمْ بِبَعِید(( 89 ))

89- AND O, MY PEOPLE! LET NOT YOUR ENMITY TOWARDS ME LEAD YOU TO SUFFER THE SAME AFFLICTION THAT AFFLICTED THE PEOPLE OF NOAH, OR THE PEOPLE OF HOOD, OR THE PEOPLE OF SALIHِAND THE PEOPLE OF LOT ARE NOT FAR FROM YOU.

وَاسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّکُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَیْهِ إِنَّ رَبِّی رَحِیمٌ وَدُودٌ(( 90 ))

90- SO ASK FORGIVENESS OF YOUR LORD, THEN REPENT TO HIM THAT MY LORD IS COMPASSIONATE, ALL-LOVING.