Quran 7:82 — Al-A'raaf, verse 82
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The only response his people gave was to say [to one another], ‘Drive them out of your town! These men want to keep themselves chaste!’
وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ قَالُوا أَخْرِجُوهُمْ مِنْ قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ
wamā kāna jawāba qawmihi illā an qālū akhrijūhum min qaryatikum innahum unāsun yataṭahharūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And the only answer of his people was that they said, 'Expel them from your city; surely they are folk that keep themselves clean!'
- Muhammad Asad
- But his people's only answer was this: "Expel them from your land! Verily, they are folk who make themselves out to be pure!”
- Sahih International
- But the answer of his people was only that they said, "Evict them from your city! Indeed, they are men who keep themselves pure."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And 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 | أَخْرِجُوهُمakhrijūhum | Drive them out | خرج |
| 9 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 10 | قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖqaryatikum | your town | قري |
| 11 | إِنَّهُمْinnahum | Indeed, they | — |
| 12 | أُنَاسٌۭunāsun | (are) people | أنس |
| 13 | يَتَطَهَّرُونَyataṭahharūna | who keep themselves pure | طهر |