سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 82
وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَخْرِجُوهُم مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ ﴿82﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
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)!"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَمَا
wamā
And not
كَانَ
kāna
was
جَوَابَ
jawāba
(the) answer
قَوْمِهِۦٓ
qawmihi
(of) his people
إِلَّآ
illā
except
أَن
an
that
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
they said
أَخْرِجُوهُم
akhrijūhum
Drive them out
مِّن
min
of
قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ
qaryatikum
your town
إِنَّهُمْ
innahum
Indeed, they
أُنَاسٌۭ
unāsun
(are) people
يَتَطَهَّرُونَ
yataṭahharūna
who keep themselves pure
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
82. 1. This is the reason for expelling Hazrat Lut from the town. As for the expression of their purity, either it is in reality, and their purpose was that these people want to avoid this evil, so it is better that they do not remain with us in our town, or they did so in mockery.
