Verses 167–189

قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْرَجِينَ﴿١٦٧﴾

26:167They said, ‘Lot, if you do not desist, you will surely be banished.’

قَالَ إِنِّى لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقَالِينَ﴿١٦٨﴾

26:168He said, ‘Indeed I detest your conduct.’

رَبِّ نَجِّنِى وَأَهْلِى مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ﴿١٦٩﴾

26:169‘My Lord! Deliver me and my family from what they do.’

فَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ﴿١٧٠﴾

26:170So We delivered him and all his family,

إِلَّا عَجُوزًۭا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ﴿١٧١﴾

26:171except an old woman who remained behind.

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ﴿١٧٢﴾

26:172Then We destroyed [all] the rest,

وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًۭا ۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ﴿١٧٣﴾

26:173and rained down upon them a rain [of stones]. Evil was the rain of those who were warned!

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ﴿١٧٤﴾

26:174There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿١٧٥﴾

26:175Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.

كَذَّبَ أَصْحَٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ﴿١٧٦﴾

26:176The inhabitants of Aykah impugned the apostles,¹

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ﴿١٧٧﴾

26:177when Shu‘ayb said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ﴿١٧٨﴾

26:178Indeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you.

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ﴿١٧٩﴾

26:179So be wary of Allah and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿١٨٠﴾

26:180I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds.

۞ أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْسِرِينَ﴿١٨١﴾

26:181Observe the full measure, and do not be of those who give short measure.

وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ﴿١٨٢﴾

26:182Weigh with an even balance,

وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ﴿١٨٣﴾

26:183and do not cheat the people of their goods. Do not act wickedly on the earth, causing corruption.

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلْجِبِلَّةَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ﴿١٨٤﴾

26:184Be wary of Him who created you and the earlier generations.’

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ﴿١٨٥﴾

26:185They said, ‘Indeed you are one of the bewitched.

وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ﴿١٨٦﴾

26:186You are just a human being like us, and we indeed consider you to be a liar.

فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ﴿١٨٧﴾

26:187Make a fragment of the sky falls upon us, should you be truthful.’²

قَالَ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ﴿١٨٨﴾

26:188He said, ‘My Lord knows best what you are doing.’

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ﴿١٨٩﴾

26:189So they impugned him, and then they were overtaken by the punishment of the day of the overshadowing cloud. It was indeed the punishment of a terrible day.³