سُوْرَةُ النَّمْلِ
Surah An-Naml (27) — Ayah 56
۞ فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَخْرِجُوٓا۟ ءَالَ لُوطٍ مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ ﴿56﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
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!"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
۞ 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
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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56. So his people had no answer except to say: "Expel Lot and his followers from your city! They are people who want to remain pure [55]."
[55]
The Threat of Expulsion from the Town: Instead of reforming themselves in response to the advice of Prophet Lutؑ, they resorted to lowly tactics. They mockingly taunted Lutؑ and his followers for their purity. Then they began to threaten to expel them from their city, saying, "How can people as pure as you live among us filthy people? Therefore, your well-being lies in leaving this place."
[55]
The Threat of Expulsion from the Town: Instead of reforming themselves in response to the advice of Prophet Lutؑ, they resorted to lowly tactics. They mockingly taunted Lutؑ and his followers for their purity. Then they began to threaten to expel them from their city, saying, "How can people as pure as you live among us filthy people? Therefore, your well-being lies in leaving this place."
