إِنَّكُمۡ
لَتَأۡتُونَ
ٱلرِّجَالَ
شَهۡوَةٗ
مِّن
دُونِ
ٱلنِّسَآءِۚ
بَلۡ
أَنتُمۡ
قَوۡمٞ
مُّسۡرِفُونَ
٨١

You lust after men instead of women! You are certainly transgressors.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

7:82

وَمَا

كَانَ

جَوَابَ

قَوۡمِهِۦٓ

إِلَّآ

أَن

قَالُوٓاْ

أَخۡرِجُوهُم

مِّن

قَرۡيَتِكُمۡۖ

إِنَّهُمۡ

أُنَاسٞ

يَتَطَهَّرُونَ

٨٢

But his people’s only response was to say, “Expel them from your land! They are a people who wish to remain chaste!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

7:83

فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُ

وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓ

إِلَّا

ٱمۡرَأَتَهُۥ

كَانَتۡ

مِنَ

ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ

٨٣

So We saved him and his family except his wife, who was one of the doomed.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

7:84

وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا

عَلَيۡهِم

مَّطَرٗاۖ

فَٱنظُرۡ

كَيۡفَ

كَانَ

عَٰقِبَةُ

ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ

٨٤

We poured upon them a rain ˹of brimstone˺. See what was the end of the wicked!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

7:85

وَإِلَىٰ

مَدۡيَنَ

أَخَاهُمۡ

شُعَيۡبٗاۚ

قَالَ

يَٰقَوۡمِ

ٱعۡبُدُواْ

ٱللَّهَ

مَا

لَكُم

مِّنۡ

إِلَٰهٍ

غَيۡرُهُۥۖ

قَدۡ

جَآءَتۡكُم

بَيِّنَةٞ

مِّن

رَّبِّكُمۡۖ

فَأَوۡفُواْ

ٱلۡكَيۡلَ

وَٱلۡمِيزَانَ

وَلَا

تَبۡخَسُواْ

ٱلنَّاسَ

أَشۡيَآءَهُمۡ

وَلَا

تُفۡسِدُواْ

فِي

ٱلۡأَرۡضِ

بَعۡدَ

إِصۡلَٰحِهَاۚ

ذَٰلِكُمۡ

خَيۡرٞ

لَّكُمۡ

إِن

كُنتُم

مُّؤۡمِنِينَ

٨٥

And to the people of Midian We sent their brother Shu’aib. He said, “O my people! Worship Allah—you have no other god except Him. A clear proof has already come to you from your Lord. So give just measure and weight, do not defraud people of their property, nor spread corruption in the land after it has been set in order. This is for your own good, if you are ˹truly˺ believers.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

7:86

وَلَا

تَقۡعُدُواْ

بِكُلِّ

صِرَٰطٖ

تُوعِدُونَ

وَتَصُدُّونَ

عَن

سَبِيلِ

ٱللَّهِ

مَنۡ

ءَامَنَ

بِهِۦ

وَتَبۡغُونَهَا

عِوَجٗاۚ

وَٱذۡكُرُوٓاْ

إِذۡ

كُنتُمۡ

قَلِيلٗا

فَكَثَّرَكُمۡۖ

وَٱنظُرُواْ

كَيۡفَ

كَانَ

عَٰقِبَةُ

ٱلۡمُفۡسِدِينَ

٨٦

And do not lie in ambush on every road—threatening and hindering those who believe in Allah from His Path and striving to make it ˹appear˺ crooked. Remember when you were few, then He increased you in number. And consider the fate of the corruptors!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

7:87

وَإِن

كَانَ

طَآئِفَةٞ

مِّنكُمۡ

ءَامَنُواْ

بِٱلَّذِيٓ

أُرۡسِلۡتُ

بِهِۦ

وَطَآئِفَةٞ

لَّمۡ

يُؤۡمِنُواْ

فَٱصۡبِرُواْ

حَتَّىٰ

يَحۡكُمَ

ٱللَّهُ

بَيۡنَنَاۚ

وَهُوَ

خَيۡرُ

ٱلۡحَٰكِمِينَ

٨٧

If some of you do believe in what I have been sent with while others do not, then be patient until Allah judges between us. He is the Best of Judges.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

7:88

۞ قَالَ

ٱلۡمَلَأُ

ٱلَّذِينَ

ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ

مِن

قَوۡمِهِۦ

لَنُخۡرِجَنَّكَ

يَٰشُعَيۡبُ

وَٱلَّذِينَ

ءَامَنُواْ

مَعَكَ

مِن

قَرۡيَتِنَآ

أَوۡ

لَتَعُودُنَّ

فِي

مِلَّتِنَاۚ

قَالَ

أَوَلَوۡ

كُنَّا

كَٰرِهِينَ

٨٨

The arrogant chiefs of his people threatened, “O Shu’aib! We will certainly expel you and your fellow believers from our land, unless you return to our faith.” He replied, “Even if we hate it?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

7:89

قَدِ

ٱفۡتَرَيۡنَا

عَلَى

ٱللَّهِ

كَذِبًا

إِنۡ

عُدۡنَا

فِي

مِلَّتِكُم

بَعۡدَ

إِذۡ

نَجَّىٰنَا

ٱللَّهُ

مِنۡهَاۚ

وَمَا

يَكُونُ

لَنَآ

أَن

نَّعُودَ

فِيهَآ

إِلَّآ

أَن

يَشَآءَ

ٱللَّهُ

رَبُّنَاۚ

وَسِعَ

رَبُّنَا

كُلَّ

شَيۡءٍ

عِلۡمًاۚ

عَلَى

ٱللَّهِ

تَوَكَّلۡنَاۚ

رَبَّنَا

ٱفۡتَحۡ

بَيۡنَنَا

وَبَيۡنَ

قَوۡمِنَا

بِٱلۡحَقِّ

وَأَنتَ

خَيۡرُ

ٱلۡفَٰتِحِينَ

٨٩

We would surely be fabricating a lie against Allah if we were to return to your faith after Allah has saved us from it. It does not befit us to return to it unless it is the Will of Allah, our Lord. Our Lord has encompassed everything in ˹His˺ knowledge. In Allah we trust. Our Lord! Judge between us and our people with truth. You are the best of those who judge.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

7:90