Sūra XXVI.: Shu‘arāa, or The Poets.

176. Kaththaba as-habu al-aykati almursaleena

176. The Companions of the Wood
Rejected the apostles.

177. Ith qala lahum shuAAaybun ala tattaqoona

177. Behold, Shu‘aib said to them:
Will ye not fear (God)?

178. Innee lakum rasoolun ameenun

178. "I am to you an apostle
Worthy of all trust.

179. Faittaqoo Allaha waateeAAooni

179. "So fear God and obey me.

180. Wama as-alukum AAalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illa AAala rabbi alAAalameena

180. "No reward do I ask
Of you for it: my, reward
Is only from the Lord
Of the Worlds.

181. Awfoo alkayla wala takoonoo mina almukhsireena

181. "Give just measure,''
And cause no loss
(To others by fraud).

182. Wazinoo bialqistasi almustaqeemi

182. "And weigh with scales
True and upright.

183. Wala tabkhasoo alnnasa ashyaahum wala taAAthaw fee al-ardi mufsideena

183. "And withhold not things
Justly due to men,
Nor do evil in the land,
Working mischief.

184. Waittaqoo allathee khalaqakum waaljibillata al-awwaleena

184. "And fear Him Who created
You and (Who created)
The generations before (you)"

185. Qaloo innama anta mina almusahhareena

185. Whey said: "Thou art only
One of those bewitched!

186. Wama anta illa basharun mithluna wa-in nathunnuka lamina alkathibeena

186. "Thou art no more than
A mortal like us,
And indeed we think
Thou art a liar!

187. Faasqit AAalayna kisafan mina alssama-i in kunta mina alssadiqeena

187. "Now cause a piece
Of the sky to fall on us,
If thou art truthful!"

188. Qala rabbee aAAlamu bima taAAmaloona

188. He said: "My Lord
Knows best what ye do."

189. Fakaththaboohu faakhathahum AAathabu yawmi alththullati innahu kana AAathaba yawmin AAatheemin

189. But they rejected him.
Then the punishment
Of a day of overshadowing gloom
Seized them, and that was
The Penalty of a Great Day.

190. Inna fee thalika laayatan wama kana aktharuhum mu/mineena

190. Verily in that is a Sign:
But most of them
Do not believe.

191. Wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa alAAazeezu alrraheemu

191. And verily thy Lord
Is He, the Exalted in Might,
Most Merciful.