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Surah 27. An-Naml, Ayah 56

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فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَخْرِجُوٓا۟ ءَالَ لُوطٍ مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ

Fam a k a na jaw a ba qawmihi ill a an q a loo akhrijoo a la loo t in min qaryatikum innahum on a sun yata t ahharoon a

But his people's only answer was this: "Expel [Lot and] Lot's followers from your township! Verily, they are folk who make themselves out to be pure!"⁵¹

- Mohammad Asad

But his people gave no answer except that they said: "Drive out the family of Lut from your city: they pose to be very pious."

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

But his people's only response was to say, 'Expel Lot's followers from your land! They are a people who wish to remain chaste!'

- Mustafa Khattab

But the answer of his folk was naught save that they said: Expel the household of Lot from your township, for they (forsooth) are folk who would keep clean!

- Marmaduke Pickthall

But his people gave no other answer but this: they said "Drive out the followers of Lut from your city: these are indeed men who want to be clean and pure!" ³²⁹¹

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali