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Stories Of The Prophets In The Qur'an 75

The Prophet Shu'ayb (as) Called His People to Religion
And to Madyan We sent their brother Shu'ayb who said, 'My people,
worship Allah! You have no other god than Him. A Clear Sign has
come to you from your Lord. Give full measure and full weight. Do
not diminish people's goods. Do not cause corruption in the land after
it has been put right. That is better for you if you are believers. Do not
lie in wait on every pathway, threatening people, barring those who
believe from the Way of Allah, desiring to make it crooked. Remember
when you were few and He increased your number: see the final fate
of the corrupters! (Surat al-A'raf, 85-86)
The Prophet Shu'ayb's (as) Efforts to Correct
Corrupt Practices in Trading
And to Madyan We sent their brother Shu'ayb who said, 'My people,
worship Allah! You have no other god than Him. A Clear Sign has
come to you from your Lord. Give full measure and full weight. Do
not diminish people's goods. Do not cause corruption in the land after
it has been put right. That is better for you if you are believers. (Surat
al-A'raf, 85)
And to Madyan their brother Shu'ayb. He said, 'My people, worship
Allah! You have no god apart from Him. Do not give short measure
and short weight. I see you prospering and I fear for you the punish-
ment of an all-encompassing Day. My people! Give full measure and
full weight with justice; do not diminish people's goods; and do not go
about the earth, corrupting it. What endures with Allah is better for
you if you are believers. I am not set over you as your keeper.' (Surah
Hud, 84-86)
The People of Madyan Ridicule the Prophet Shu'ayb (as)
They said, 'Shu'ayb, do your prayers instruct you that we should
abandon what our fathers worshipped or stop doing whatever we
want to with our wealth? You are clearly the forbearing, the rightly-
guided!' (Surah Hud, 87)
The Prophet Shu'ayb's (as) Persistence in
Communicating the Message of Religion
He said, 'My people! What do you think? If I do possess a Clear Sign