M. H. Shakir, The Holy Quran; Arabic Text and English Translation; Foot-notes by M. H. Shakir (1974)

88. The chiefs, those who were proud from among his people, said: We will most certainly turn you out, O Shu’aib, and (also) those who believe with you, from our town, or you shall come back to our faith. He said: What! though we dislike (it)?

89. Indeed we shall have forged a lie against Allah if we go back to your religion after Allah has delivered us from it, and it befits us not that we should go back to it, except if Allah our Lord please: Our Lord comprehends all things in His knowledge; in Allah do we trust: Our Lord! decide between us and our people with truth: and Thou art the best of deciders.

90. And the chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his people said: If you follow Shu’aib, you shall then most surely be losers.

91. Then the earthquake overtook them, so they became motionless bodies in their abode.

92. Those who called Shu’aib a liar were as though they had never dwelt therein; those who

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M. H. Shakir, The Holy Quran; Arabic Text and English Translation; Foot-notes by M. H. Shakir, R. A. Juma, 1615 Pech Rd., Apt. 26C, Houston, Texas 77055. Presented by World Organization for Islamic Services (WOFIS), P.O. Box No. 2245, Tehran, Iran, 1974 Edition, Consulted online at “Quran Archive - Texts and Studies on the Quran” on 14 May. 2025: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/m-h-shakir/1974?page=283