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 Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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82. And his people had no answer except to say: "Expel them from your town! They are people who want to remain pure [87]."
[87] From the response of the people, it becomes clear that there were very few who believed in Sayyiduna Lut ؑ and abstained from this evil deed. When this people could not present any rational justification for their evil act, they resorted to a counter-accusation and said that we are the filthy ones, and Lut and his followers want to remain pure, so what business do they have among us filthy people? Therefore, they should be expelled from the town so that this daily dispute and quarrel may come to an end.
[87] From the response of the people, it becomes clear that there were very few who believed in Sayyiduna Lut ؑ and abstained from this evil deed. When this people could not present any rational justification for their evil act, they resorted to a counter-accusation and said that we are the filthy ones, and Lut and his followers want to remain pure, so what business do they have among us filthy people? Therefore, they should be expelled from the town so that this daily dispute and quarrel may come to an end.
