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 and loving-kindness.”

P:  Ask pardon of your Lord and then turn unto Him (repentant).  Lo! my Lord is Merciful, Loving.

S:  And ask forgiveness of your Lord, then turn to Him; surely my Lord is Merciful, Loving-kind.

011.091 Y:  They said:  “O Shu’aib! much of what thou sayest we do not understand!  In fact among us we see that thou hast no strength!  Were it not for thy family, we should certainly have stoned thee! for thou hast among us no great position!”

P:  They said:  O Shu’eyb!  We understand not much of that thou tellest, and lo! we do behold thee weak among us.  But for thy family, we should have stoned thee, for thou art not strong against us.

S:  They said:  O Shu’aib! we do not understand much of what you say and most surely we see you to be weak among us, and were it not for your family we would surely stone you, and you are not mighty against us.

011.092 Y:  He said:  “O my people! is then my family of more consideration with you than Allah?  For ye cast Him away behind your backs (with contempt).  But verily my Lord encompasseth on all sides all that ye do!”

P:  He said:  O my people!  Is my family more to be honoured by you than Allah? and ye put Him behind you, neglected!  Lo! my Lord surroundeth what ye do.

S:  He said:  O my people! is my family more esteemed by you than Allah?  And you neglect Him as a thing cast behind your back; surely my Lord encompasses what you do: