Sent to Madyan
He is sent to Madyan, his people, to call them to worship Allah alone.
وَإِلَىٰ مَدْيَنَ أَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْبًا قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ …Shu'ayb
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Shu'ayb
Sent to the people of Madyan, who gave short measure and weight. He joined the call to God's oneness with the call to honesty in dealings, and his people were seized by the earthquake.
His story, step by step
Each step links to the passage of the Quran that recalls it.
Full measure
He asks them to give full measure and weight, and not to cheat people of their goods.
… أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْمِكْيَالَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ …
“I only want reform”
They mock: “Does your prayer command you…?” He answers: “I only want reform, as far as I am able.”
… إِنْ أُرِيدُ إِلَّا ٱلْإِصْلَـٰحَ مَا ٱسْتَطَعْتُ …
The threat
The notables threaten to drive him and the believers out of the town unless they return to their creed.
… لَنُخْرِجَنَّكَ يَـٰشُعَيْبُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَكَ مِن قَرْيَتِنَآ أَوْ لَتَعُودُنَّ فِى مِلَّتِنَا …
The earthquake
The earthquake seizes them. Shu'ayb and those who believed with him are saved.
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَـٰثِمِينَ ٩١
His account in the Quran
by Mishary Al Afasi