The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف
al-A‘rāf (The Elevations)
ٱلْأَعْرَاف
7:88
قَالَ
الْمَلَأُ
الَّذِينَ
اسْتَكْبَرُوا
مِن
قَوْمِهِ
لَنُخْرِجَنَّكَ
يَاشُعَيْبُ
وَالَّذِينَ
آمَنُوا
مَعَكَ
مِن
قَرْيَتِنَا
أَوْ
لَتَعُودُنَّ
فِي
مِلَّتِنَا
قَالَ
أَوَلَوْ
كُنَّا
كَارِهِينَ
qāla l-malaʾu lladhīna stakbarū min qawmihī la-nukhrijannaka yā-shuʿaybu wa-lladhīna ʾāmanū maʿaka min qaryatinā ʾaw la-taʿūdunna fī millatinā qāla ʾa-wa-law kunnā kārihīna
A proud group among Shu'ayb's people said, "We must expel you (Shu'ayb) and your followers from our town unless you give-up your faith and live as our own people." Shu'ayb asked them, "Will you use force against us?