thou art the one
that forbeareth with faults and is right-minded!"

P: They said: O Shu'eyb! Doth thy way of prayer command thee that we
should forsake that which our fathers (used to) worship, or that we
(should leave off) doing what we will with our own property. Lo! thou
art the mild, the guide to right behaviour.

S: They said: O Shu'aib! does your prayer enjoin you that we should
forsake what our fathers worshipped or that we should not do what we
please with regard to our property? Forsooth you are the forbearing,
the right-directing one.

011.088
Y: 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 Allah. In Him I trust, and unto Him I
look."

P: He said: O my people! Bethink you: if I am (acting) on a clear proof
from my Lord and He sustaineth me with fair sustenance from Him (how
can I concede aught to you)? I desire not to do behind your backs that
which I ask you not to do. I desire naught save reform so far as I am
able. My welfare is only in Allah. In Him I trust and unto Him I turn
(repentant).

S: He said: O my people! have you considered if I have a clear proof
from my Lord and He has given me a goodly sustenance from Himself, and
I do not desire that in opposition to you I should betake myself to
that which I forbid you: I desire nothing but reform so far as I am
able, and with none but Allah is the direction of my affair to a right
issue; on Him do I rely and to Him do I turn:

011.089
Y: "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!"

P: And, O my people! Let not the schism with me cause you to sin so that
there befall you that which befell the folk of Noah and the folk of
Hud, and the folk of Salih; and the folk of Lot are not far off from
you.

S: And, O my people! let not opposition to me make you guilty so that
there may befall you the like of what befell the people of Nuh, or the
people of Hud, or the people of Salih, nor are the people of Lut far
off from you;

011.090
Y: "But ask forgiveness of your Lord, and turn unto Him (in repentance):
For my Lord is indeed full of mercy