They said, “O Saleh! You seemed very promising among us, before this – What! You forbid us from worshipping the deities of our forefathers? And indeed we have fallen into a deeply intriguing doubt concerning what you call us to.”
گفتند: «اى صالح، به راستى تو پيش از اين، ميان ما مايه اميد بودى. آيا ما را از پرستش آنچه پدرانمان مى‌پرستيدند باز مى‌دارى؟ و بى‌گمان، ما از آنچه تو ما را بدان مى‌خوانى سخت دچار شكّيم.»