He said, “O my people, have you considered? What if I have clear evidence from my Lord, and He has given me good livelihood from Himself? I have no desire to do what I forbid you from doing. I desire nothing but reform, as far as I can. My success lies only with God. In Him I trust, and to Him I turn.”
گفت: اى قوم من! چه مى‌گوييد اگر از جانب پروردگارم دليلى روشن داشته باشم و او مرا موهبتى نيكو (نبوت) عطا كرده باشد [آيا مى‌توانم از فرمانش سرپيچى كنم؟] من نمى‌خواهم در آنچه شما را از آن باز مى‌دارم خود خلاف آن كنم و تا آن جا كه بتوانم جز اصلاح نمى‌خوا