QASAS UN NABIYEEN

VOLUME 4

CHAPTER 4

دعوة شعيب عليه السلام

The Call of Prophet Shoaib (peace be upon him)

Vocabulary

Loosen, solve	حل يحلُ	Speak in detail	بسط يبسُطُ فى الكلام
Remains in excess	يفضُلُ	know	عقدة
Paying in full	وفاء	Trade, profit	ربح
They earned	اكتسبوا	preferred	أثر أثروا
cheating	تطفيف	By way of	عن طريق
damage	تلف	fate	مصير
It was stolen	سُرٍق	loss	ضياع
Given authority, appointed over	سُلط	It was robbed, plundered	نُهِب
Messed up	عبث	damaged	اتلف
Leniency, forbearance	رِفق	watchful	رقيب
It pleased you	اعجبكَ	What remains	بقيت

English translation

Shoaib (pbuh) would speak to them (his people) in details and try to loosen the knot (solve the problem) that afflicted them, that is, the problem created by the love of wealth and its increase. He would tell them:

“Whatever remains for you as profit after you have given the full measure and weight in your transactions is better for you than misappropriating the wealth of people by way of injustice and treachery. If you take a look at your lives and the lives of those who preferred and went on piling up wealth, you will find that whatever they earned by way of cheating, unfair dealing and treachery ended up being wasted and lost. Or it led to corruption and tribulations and was either stolen or looted. That wealth was also spent in matters that did not please Allah SWT. There were people who were given control of this wealth who eventually wasted it or made a mess of it (by way of mismanagement). A little wealth that benefits is better than a lot that does not benefit. Can the impure and the pure be equal even though the plenty of impure may please you?

My advice to you is pure and sincere and Allah SWT alone is ever watchful over you and He says in His leniency, wisdom, knowledge and farsightedness:

“That which Allah leaveth with you is better for you if ye are believers; and I am not a keeper over you.”

Sura Hood verse 86