( قالوا يا شعيب ما نفقه ) ما نفهم ، ( كثيرا مما تقول وإنا لنراك فينا ضعيفا ) وذلك أنه كان ضرير البصر ، فأرادوا ضعف البصر ، ( ولولا رهطك ) عشيرتك وكان في منعة من قومه ، ( لرجمناك ) لقتلناك . والرجم : أقبح القتل . ( وما أنت علينا ) عندنا ، ( بعزيز ) .
The people of Shu’ayb said to him: O Shu’ayb, we do not understand much of what you have brought. We regard you to be weak amongst us, and you are not one of the senior leaders. If it were not that your family follows our religious beliefs, we would have killed you by stoning. To us, you are not a person of honour such that we would be afraid of killing you. The only reason we did not kill you is out of respect for your family.