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011.081 (The Messengers) said: "O Lut! We are Messengers from thy Lord! By no means shall they reach thee! now
travel with thy family while yet a part of the night remains, and let not any of you look back: but thy wife (will remain
behind): To her will happen what happens to the people. Morning is their time appointed: Is not the morning nigh?"
011.082 When Our Decree issued, We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as
baked clay, spread, layer on layer,-
011.083 Marked as from thy Lord: Nor are they ever far from those who do wrong!
011.084 To the Madyan People (We sent) Shu'aib, one of their own brethren: he said: "O my people! worship God:
Ye have no other god but Him. And give not short measure or weight: I see you in prosperity, but I fear for you the
penalty of a day that will compass (you) all round.
011.085 "And O my people! give just measure and weight, nor withhold from the people the things that are their due:
commit not evil in the land with intent to do mischief.
011.086 "That which is left you by God is best for you, if ye (but) believed! but I am not set over you to keep watch!"
011.087 They said: "O Shu'aib! Does thy (religion of) prayer command thee that we leave off the worship which our
fathers practised, or that we leave off doing what we like with our property? truly, thou art the one that forbeareth with
faults and is right- minded!"
011.088 He said: "O my people! see ye whether I have a Clear (Sign) from my Lord, and He hath given me sustenance
(pure and) good as from Himself? I wish not, in opposition to you, to do that which I forbid you to do. I only desire
(your) betterment to the best of my power; and my success (in my task) can only come from God. In Him I trust, and
unto Him I look.
011.089 "And O my people! let not my dissent (from you) cause you to sin, lest ye suffer a fate similar to that of the
people of Noah or of Hud or of Salih, nor are the people of Lut far off from you!
011.090 "But ask forgiveness of your Lord, and turn unto Him (in repentance): For my Lord is indeed full of mercy
and loving-kindness."
011.091 They said: "O Shu'aib! much of what thou sayest we do not understand! In fact among us we see that thou hast
no strength! Were it not for thy family, we should certainly have stoned thee! for thou hast among us no great position!"
011.092 He said: "O my people! is then my family of more consideration with you than God? For ye cast Him away
behind your backs (with contempt). But verily my Lord encompasseth on all sides all that ye do!
011.093 "And O my people! Do whatever ye can: I will do (my part): Soon will ye know who it is on whom descends
the penalty of ignominy; and who is a liar! and watch ye! for I too am watching with you!"
011.094 When Our decree issued, We saved Shu'aib and those who believed with him, by (special) mercy from
Ourselves: But the (mighty) blast did seize the wrong- doers, and they lay prostrate in their homes by the morning,-
011.095 As if they had never dwelt and flourished there! Ah! Behold! How the Madyan were removed (from sight) as
were removed the Thamud!
011.096 And we sent Moses, with Our Clear (Signs) and an authority manifest,
011.097 Unto Pharaoh and his chiefs: but they followed the command of Pharaoh and the command of Pharaoh was
no right (guide).
011.098 He will go before his people on the Day of Judgment, and lead them into the Fire (as cattle are led to water):
But woeful indeed will be the place to which they are led!
011.099 And they are followed by a curse in this (life) and on the Day of Judgment: and woeful is the gift which shall
be given (unto them)!
011.100 These are some of the stories of communities which We relate unto thee: of them some are standing, and
some have been mown down (by the sickle of time).
011.101 It was not We that wronged them: They wronged their own souls: the deities, other than God, whom they
invoked, profited them no whit when there issued the decree of thy Lord: Nor did they add aught (to their lot) but
perdition!
011.102 Such is the chastisement of thy Lord when He chastises communities in the midst of their wrong: grievous,
indeed, and severe is His chastisement.
011.103 In that is a Sign for those who fear the penalty of the Hereafter: that is a Day for which mankind will be
gathered together: that will be a Day of Testimony.