His people made no answer, and only said: "Drive them out of the city. They profess to be pure."
And his people had no answer except to say, “Turn them out of your dwellings; these are people who wish purity!”
And the only answer of his people was that they said, 'Expel them from your city; surely they are folk that keep themselves clean!'
But his people's only answer was this: "Expel them from your land! Verily, they are folk who make themselves out to be pure!”
And naught was the answer of his people save that they said: drive themforth from your city, verily they are a people who would be pure!
And the answer of his people was only that they said: "Drive them out of your town, these are indeed men who want to be pure (from sins)!"
And his people's only answer was to say, “Expel them from your town; they are purist people.”
Their only answer was: 'Banish them from your town. They are a people who pretend to be pure.'
And the answer of his people was only that they said: "Drive them out of your town, these are indeed men who want to be pure (from sins)!"
And the answer of his people was only that they said (one to another): Turn them out of your township. They are folk, forsooth, who keep pure.
But the only answer of his people was that they said, ‘Expel them from your town! They are indeed a puritanical lot.’
The only answer of his nation was: 'Expel them from your village. They are people who keep themselves purified'
But the answer of his people was only that they said, "Evict them from your city! Indeed, they are men who keep themselves pure."
His people had no answer to his remarks but to tell one another, "Expel him from our town; he and his people want to purify themselves."
And the answer of his people was no other than that they said: Turn them out of your town, surely they are a people who seek to purify (themselves).
Wam<u>a</u> k<u>a</u>na jaw<u>a</u>ba qawmihi ill<u>a</u> an q<u>a</u>loo akhrijoohum min qaryatikum innahum on<u>a</u>sun yata<u>t</u>ahharoon<b>a</b>
The only answer given by his people was, "Turn them out of your town. They are people who regard themselves to be pure."
And his people gave no answer but this: they said, "Drive them out of your city: these are indeed men who want to be clean and pure!"
وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَخْرِجُوهُم مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ
His people, who committed this shameless wrong which they had been forbidden from doing, only responded by turning away from the truth, saying: 'Drive Lot and his followers out of your city. They are a people who have kept away from this action of ours, so it is not befitting that they stay living here among us.'
His people, who committed this shameless wrong which they had been forbidden from doing, only responded by turning away from the truth, saying: 'Drive Lot and his followers out of your city. They are a people who have kept away from this action of ours, so it is not befitting that they stay living here among us.'
<p>In the third verse (82) Lut (علیہ السلام) in response to his word of advice has been put in a way that it shows that his people could not find a suitable rejoinder to what he had said. But, they were still adamant and started saying among themselves that these people seem to be self-righteous claiming a lot of purity for themselves. The treatment they deserved was that they should be thrown out of their town.</p>
In the third verse (82) Lut (علیہ السلام) in response to his word of advice has been put in a way that it shows that his people could not find a suitable rejoinder to what he had said. But, they were still adamant and started saying among themselves that these people seem to be self-righteous claiming a lot of purity for themselves. The treatment they deserved was that they should be thrown out of their town.
<div class="text_uthmani arabic">إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ</div><p>("These are indeed men who want to be pure (from sins)!") Qatadah commented, "They shamed them (Lut and the believers) with what is not a shame at all." Mujahid commented, "(Lut's people said about Lut and the believers,) They are a people who want to be pure from men's anuses and women's anuses!" Similar was narrated from Ibn `Abbas. </p>
إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ("These are indeed men who want to be pure (from sins)!") Qatadah commented, "They shamed them (Lut and the believers) with what is not a shame at all." Mujahid commented, "(Lut's people said about Lut and the believers,) They are a people who want to be pure from men's anuses and women's anuses!" Similar was narrated from Ibn `Abbas. 