Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)
and do not cause corruption on the earth
after its restoration.
That is better for you, if you are faithful.
86 And do not lie in wait on every road
to threaten and bar from the way of Allah
those who have faith in Him,
seeking to make it crooked.
And remember when you were few,
and He multiplied you,
and observe
how was the fate of the agents of corruption.
87 If a group of you have believed
in what I have been sent with,
and a group have not believed,
be patient until Allah judges between us,
and He is the best of judges.’
88 The elite of his people who were arrogant said,
‘O Shu‘ayb, we will surely expel you
and the faithful who are with you
from our town,
or else you shall revert to our creed.’
He said, ‘What! Even if we should be unwilling?!
89 We would be fabricating a lie against Allah
should we revert to your creed
after Allah had delivered us from it.
It does not behoove us to return to it,
unless Allah, our Lord, should wish so.
Our Lord embraces all things in [His] knowledge.
In Allah we have put our trust.’