Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
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Juz 19
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWill ye be left secure in that which is here before us,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIn gardens and watersprings.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd tilled fields and heavy-sheathed palm-trees,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThough ye hew out dwellings in the mountain, being skilful?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallTherefor keep your duty to Allah and obey me,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd obey not the command of the prodigal,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWho spread corruption in the earth, and reform not.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThou art but a mortal like us. So bring some token if thou art of the truthful.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: (Behold) this she-camel. She hath the right to drink (at the well), and ye have the right to drink, (each) on an appointed day.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd touch her not with ill lest there come on you the retribution of an awful day.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut they hamstrung her, and then were penitent.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo the retribution came on them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThe folk of Lot denied the messengers (of Allah),
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhen their brother Lot said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhat! Of all creatures do ye come unto the males,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd leave the wives your Lord created for you? Nay, but ye are froward folk.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: If thou cease not, O Lot, thou wilt soon be of the outcast.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: I am in truth of those who hate your conduct.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallMy Lord! Save me and my household from what they do.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo We saved him and his household, every one,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSave an old woman among those who stayed behind.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen afterward We destroyed the others.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We rained on them a rain. And dreadful is the rain of those who have been warned.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThe dwellers in the wood (of Midian) denied the messengers (of Allah),
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhen Shu'eyb said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd I ask of you no wage for it; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallGive full measure, and be not of those who give less (than the due).
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd weigh with the true balance.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWrong not mankind in their goods, and do not evil, making mischief, in the earth.
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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).