The Holy Quran 26:188 — Surah Ash-Shu'ara

Arabic text

قَالَ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

Translation

He (Shu'ayb عليه الصلاة والسلام) said, "My Rabb knows best what you do (He knows everything you do and therefore knows what punishment you deserve and exactly when the punishment should arrive.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, He alone knows for which crime, at what time and how much punishment ought to come. Punishing is not our business. Our business was to warn, and that we have done.

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