قَالُوا یَا شُعَیْبُ مَا نَفْقَهُ کَثِیراً مِّمَّا تَقُولُ وَإِنَّا لَنَرَاکَ فِینَا ضَعِیفاً وَلَوْلاَ رَهْطُکَ لَرَجَمْنَاکَ وَمَا أَنْتَ عَلَیْنَا بِعَزِیز(( 91 ))
91- THEY SAID:ِ ``O, SHUAIB! WE DON'T UNDERSTAND MUCH OF WHAT YOU SAY, AND WE SEE YOU WEAK AMONG US; AND IF IT WAS NOT FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR LITTLE TRIBE, WE WOULD HAVE STONED YOU, AND YOU ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO STAND AGAINST US.''
قَالَ یَا قَوْمِ أَرَهْطِی أَعَزُّ عَلَیْکُمْ مِّنَ اللهِ وَاتَّخَذْتُمُوهُ وَرَاءَکُمْ ظِهْرِیّاً إِنَّ رَبِّی بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ مُحِیطٌ(( 92 ))
92- HE SAID:ِ ``O, MY PEOPLE! IS MY TRIBE MORE ESTEEMED BY YOU THAN ALLAH, THAT YOU HAVE CAST HIM BEHIND YOUR BACKS NEGLECTED; WHILE MY LORD ENCOMPASSES WHATEVER YOU DO?''
وَیَا قَوْمِ اعْمَلُوا عَلَى مَکَانَتِکُمْ إِنِّی عَامِلٌ سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ یَأْتِیهِ عَذَابٌ یُخْزِیهِ وَمَنْ هُوَ کَاذِبٌ وَارْتَقِبُوا إِنِّی مَعَکُمْ رَقِیبٌ(( 93 ))
93- AND O, MY PEOPLE! DO WHATEVER YOU CAN (AGAINST ME) AND I AM DOING. (MY DUTY) SOON SHALL YOU KNOW TO WHOM WILL COME THE PUNISHMENT TO DISGRACE HIM; AND WHO IS THE LIAR. AND YOU WAIT WATCHING, I TOO WILL WAIT WITH YOU.