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The Companions of the Wood rejected the messengers. Behold, Shu'aib said to them: "Will ye not fear (Allah)? . "I am to you a messenger worthy of all trust."
"So fear Allah and obey me. No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds.
Give a full measure and be not of those who diminish; "And weigh with scales true and upright.
"And withhold not things justly due to men, nor do evil in the land, working mischief.
"And fear Him Who created you and (who created) the generations before (you)"
They said: You are only of those deluded;
And you are naught but a mortal like ourselves, and we know you to be certainly of the liars.
..and we know you to be certainly of the liars.
Therefore cause a portion of the heaven to come down upon us, if you are one of the truthful.
He said: My Lord knows best what you do. But they rejected him. Then the punishment of a day of overshadowing gloom seized them, and that was the Penalty of a Great Day.
Verily in that is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.
And most surely your Lord is Mighty, the Merciful.
And most surely this is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds. The Faithful Spirit has descended with it, Upon your heart that you may be of the warners
In plain Arabic language.
And most surely the same is in the scriptures of the ancients. Is it not a sign to them that the learned men of the Israelites know it?
And if we had revealed it to any of the foreigners So that he should have recited it to them, they would not have believed therein. Thus have We caused it to enter into the hearts of the guilty.
They will not believe in it until they see the grievous Penalty;
And it shall come to them all of a sudden, while they shall not perceive;
Then they will say: Shall we be respited?
What! do they still seek to hasten on Our punishment?
Have you then considered if We let them enjoy themselves for years,
Then there comes to them that with which they are threatened,
It will profit them not that they enjoyed (this life)!
And We did not destroy any town but it had (its) warners,
To remind, and We are never unjust.
And the shaitans have not come down with it.
And it behoves them not, and they have not the power to do (it).
Most surely they are far removed from the hearing of it.
So call not upon another god with Allah, lest you be of those who are punished.
And admonish thy nearest kinsmen, And be kind to him who follows you of the believers.
Then if they disobey thee, say: "I am free (of responsibility) for what ye do!"
And put thy trust in the Mighty, the Merciful.
Who sees you when you stand up.
And your turning over and over among those who prostrate themselves before Allah.
Surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?
They descend upon every lying, sinful one,
They incline their ears, and most of them are liars.
And the Poets,- It is those straying in Evil, who follow them:
Do you not see that they wander about bewildered in every valley?
And that they say that which they do not do,
Except those who believe, work righteousness, engage much in the remembrance of Allah,
engage much in the remembrance of Allah, and defend themselves only after they are unjustly attacked.
Those who do wrong will come to know by what a (great) reverse they will be overturned!