سُوْرَةُ النَّمْلِ

Surah An-Naml (27) — Ayah 56

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۞ فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَخْرِجُوٓا۟ ءَالَ لُوطٍ مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ ﴿56﴾
There was no other answer given by his people except that they said: "Drive out the family of Lût (Lot) from your city Verily, these are men who want to be clean and pure!"
۞ فَمَا famā But not
كَانَ kāna was
جَوَابَ jawāba (the) answer
قَوْمِهِۦٓ qawmihi (of) his people
إِلَّآ illā except
أَن an that
قَالُوٓا۟ qālū they said
أَخْرِجُوٓا۟ akhrijū Drive out
ءَالَ āla (the) family
لُوطٍۢ lūṭin (of) Lut
مِّن min from
قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ qaryatikum your town
إِنَّهُمْ innahum Indeed, they
أُنَاسٌۭ unāsun (are) people
يَتَطَهَّرُونَ yataṭahharūna who keep clean and pure

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56-1. It was said as sarcasm and mockery.