ߞߘߐ ߟߎ߬ ߘߟߊߡߌ߬ߘߊ߬ߟߌ ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫ 88 ߝߐߘߊ ߘߏ߫ ߤߎ߯ߘߎ߫ ߝߐߘߊ - ߊ߲߬ߞߌ߬ߟߋ߬ߞߊ߲ ߘߟߊߡߌߘߊ - ߞߓ. ߥߊ߬ߟߌ߯ߘ ߓߊߟߌߤߊߛ߭ ߊ.ߟߑߊ߳ߺߊߡߑߙߌ߮ ߓߟߏ߫ - ߞߎ߬ߙߣߊ߬ ߞߟߊߒߞߋ ߔߘߋߞߎ

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 88

قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّي وَرَزَقَنِي مِنۡهُ رِزۡقًا حَسَنٗاۚ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَنۡ أُخَالِفَكُمۡ إِلَىٰ مَآ أَنۡهَىٰكُمۡ عَنۡهُۚ إِنۡ أُرِيدُ إِلَّا ٱلۡإِصۡلَٰحَ مَا ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُۚ وَمَا تَوۡفِيقِيٓ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِۚ عَلَيۡهِ تَوَكَّلۡتُ وَإِلَيۡهِ أُنِيبُ

(88) He said: “My people! Would you see that ˹I would deviate^[2604]˺ if I had evidence from my Lord and ˹that˺ He provided for me handsomely!^[2605] I do not seek to turn around your backs to commit that against which I bid you; I only seek to set matters aright, whatever I can. My success is only with Allah; in Him I trust and to Him I devoutly repent!”

[2604] Cf. al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, Ibn ʿAṭiyyah, al-Saʿdī.
[2605] Although they fully understood what he was saying, they replied to him in such a manner so as to drive the message home once and for all and to show how bullishly adamant they were in their opposition. In this way, they thought he would desist from admonishing them (cf. al-Biqāʿī, Naẓm al-Durar, Ibn ʿĀshūr).