فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
Faittaqoo Allaha waateeAAooni
"So fear Allah, and obey me.
26. Shuara · verses 144–155
سورة الشعراءوَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Wama asalukum AAalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illa AAala rabbi alAAalameena
"No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds.
أَتُتۡرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ
Atutrakoona fee ma hahuna amineena
"Will ye be left secure, in (the enjoyment of) all that ye have here?-
فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ
Fee jannatin waAAuyoonin
"Gardens and Springs,
وَزُرُوعٖ وَنَخۡلٖ طَلۡعُهَا هَضِيمٞ
WazurooAAin wanakhlin talAAuha hadeemun
"And corn-fields and date-palms with spathes near breaking (with the weight of fruit)?
وَتَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُيُوتٗا فَٰرِهِينَ
Watanhitoona mina aljibali buyootan fariheena
"And ye carve houses out of (rocky) mountains with great skill.
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
Faittaqoo Allaha waateeAAooni
"But fear Allah and obey me;
وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ
Wala tuteeAAoo amra almusrifeena
"And follow not the bidding of those who are extravagant,-
ٱلَّذِينَ يُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا يُصۡلِحُونَ
Allatheena yufsidoona fee alardi wala yuslihoona
"Who make mischief in the land, and mend not (their ways)."
قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ
Qaloo innama anta mina almusahhareena
They said: "Thou art only one of those bewitched!
مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا فَأۡتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ
Ma anta illa basharun mithluna fati biayatin in kunta mina alssadiqeena
"Thou art no more than a mortal like us: then bring us a Sign, if thou tellest the truth!"
قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٞ لَّهَا شِرۡبٞ وَلَكُمۡ شِرۡبُ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ
Qala hathihi naqatun laha shirbun walakum shirbu yawmin maAAloomin
He said: "Here is a she-camel: she has a right of watering, and ye have a right of watering, (severally) on a day appointed.
