Surat Al A`raf (88-89)

{قَالَ الْمَلأُ الَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُواْ مِن قَوْمِهِ لَنُخْرِجَنَّكَ يَا شُعَيْبُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ مَعَكَ مِن قَرْيَتِنَا أَوْ لَتَعُودُنَّ فِي مِلَّتِنَا قَالَ أَوَلَوْ كُنَّا كَارِهِينَ} [الأعراف : 88]

88- The leaders of his people who refused to accept the truth said: O Jethro, we shall drive you and those who believed with you out of our village so as not to bother us with your message, or we shall force you to go back to the religion of your forefathers.

Jethro (peace be upon him) said to them: Will you do that even if we hate polytheism, disbelief, oppression, and corruption?

{قَدِ افْتَرَيْنَا عَلَى اللّهِ كَذِباً إِنْ عُدْنَا فِي مِلَّتِكُم بَعْدَ إِذْ نَجَّانَا اللّهُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَكُونُ لَنَا أَن نَّعُودَ فِيهَا إِلاَّ أَن يَشَاءَ اللّهُ رَبُّنَا وَسِعَ رَبُّنَا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عِلْماً عَلَى اللّهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا رَبَّنَا افْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الْفَاتِحِينَ} [الأعراف : 89]

89- If we returned to your doctrine and disbelieved in Allah after He had rescued us from it and from its oppression, we would attribute great lie against Allah. We have no right to return to disbelief except when we return to oppression; these are the words of the people who had believed with Jethro (peace be upon him).

Verily, Allah encompassed, by His Knowledge, the conditions of His Servants: He knows their intentions and affairs, and knows those who intend goodness and those who are not. We have relied on Allah and depended on Him regarding our entire affairs.

O Allah, we ask You to separate between us and the people who refused Your Religion, oppressed, and became haughty, for Your are the Truth and You are the best to judge.