Quran 27:56 — An-Naml, verse 56
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The only answer his people gave was to say, ‘Expel Lot’s followers from your town! These men mean to stay chaste!’
فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ قَالُوا أَخْرِجُوا آلَ لُوطٍ مِنْ قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ
famā kāna jawāba qawmihi illā an qālū akhrijū āla lūṭin min qaryatikum innahum unāsun yataṭahharūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And the only answer of his people was that they said, 'Expel the folk of Lot from your city; they are men that keep themselves clean!'
- Muhammad Asad
- But his people’s only answer was this: “Expel [Lot and] Lot’s followers from your township! Verily, they are folk who make themselves out to be pure!”
- Sahih International
- But the answer of his people was not except that they said, "Expel the family of Lot from your city. Indeed, they are people who keep themselves pure."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ فَمَاfamā | But not | — |
| 2 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 3 | جَوَابَjawāba | (the) answer | جوب |
| 4 | قَوْمِهِۦٓqawmihi | (of) his people | قوم |
| 5 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 6 | أَنan | that | — |
| 7 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | they said | قول |
| 8 | أَخْرِجُوٓا۟akhrijū | Drive out | خرج |
| 9 | ءَالَāla | (the) family | أول |
| 10 | لُوطٍۢlūṭin | (of) Lut | — |
| 11 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 12 | قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖqaryatikum | your town | قري |
| 13 | إِنَّهُمْinnahum | Indeed, they | — |
| 14 | أُنَاسٌۭunāsun | (are) people | أنس |
| 15 | يَتَطَهَّرُونَyataṭahharūna | who keep clean and pure | طهر |