فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطيعونِ
So fear God, obey me.
وَما أَسأَلُكُم عَلَيهِ مِن أَجرٍ ۖ إِن أَجرِيَ إِلّا عَلىٰ رَبِّ العالَمينَ
I ask no payment from you; my payment is only from the Lord of the cosmos.
أَوفُوا الكَيلَ وَلا تَكونوا مِنَ المُخسِرينَ
Give full measure and don’t shortchange.
وَزِنوا بِالقِسطاسِ المُستَقيمِ
And weigh with an even scale.
وَلا تَبخَسُوا النّاسَ أَشياءَهُم وَلا تَعثَوا فِي الأَرضِ مُفسِدينَ
And don’t defraud people of their rights or commit abuse on earth.
وَاتَّقُوا الَّذي خَلَقَكُم وَالجِبِلَّةَ الأَوَّلينَ
And fear the One who created you and the earlier generations.”
قالوا إِنَّما أَنتَ مِنَ المُسَحَّرينَ
They responded, “You are surely among the bewitched.
وَما أَنتَ إِلّا بَشَرٌ مِثلُنا وَإِن نَظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ الكاذِبينَ
You are but a man like us, and we think you are a liar.
فَأَسقِط عَلَينا كِسَفًا مِنَ السَّماءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصّادِقينَ
Bring down upon us chunks of the sky, if you are truthful.”
قالَ رَبّي أَعلَمُ بِما تَعمَلونَ
He responded, “My Lord is more aware of your actions.”
فَكَذَّبوهُ فَأَخَذَهُم عَذابُ يَومِ الظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُ كانَ عَذابَ يَومٍ عَظيمٍ
They disbelieved him, so the punishment of the Day of the Shadow befell them: a day of immense suffering.