So when Our Commandment came, We turned (the towns of Sodom in
Palestine) upside down, and rained on them stones of baked clay, in a
well-arranged manner one after another; (82) Marked from your Lord, and they are
not ever far from the Zâlimûn (polytheists, evil-doers,). (83) And to the Madyan
(Midian) people (We sent) their brother Shu'aib. He said: "O my people!
Worship Allâh, you have no other ilâh (god) but Him, and give not short measure
or weight, I see you in prosperity; and verily I fear for you the torment of a
Day encompassing. (84) "And O my people! Give full measure and weight in
justice and reduce not the things that are due to the people, and do not commit
mischief in the land, causing corruption. (85) "That which is
left by Allâh for you (after giving the rights of the people) is better for
you, if you are believers. And I am not a guardian over you." (86) They said: "O
Shu‘aib! Does your Salât (prayer) command that we give up what our fathers used
to worship, or that we give up doing what we like with our property? Verily,
you are the forbearer, right-minded!" (They said this sarcastically). (87) He said: "O my
people! Tell me, if I have a clear evidence from my
Lord, and He has given me a good sustenance from Himself (shall I corrupt it by
mixing it with the unlawfully earned money). I wish not, in contradiction to
you, to do that which I forbid you. I only desire reform to the best of my
power. And my guidance cannot come except from Allâh, in Him I trust and unto
Him I repent. (88)