سورة الحِجر
Surah Al-Hijr 15:67
The Rock · Verse 67 of 99
وَجَاءَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
And the residents of the city came rejoicing (to the house of Lot).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
The inhabitants of the city came in (mad) joy (at news of the young men).
Ahmed Ali
Then came the people of the city, exulting at the news.
12 more translations
Ali Unal
The people of the city came rejoicing at the news (that some handsome guests had arrived).
Daryabadi
And there came the people of the city rejoicing
Faridul Haque
And the people of the city came rejoicing. (* To the house of Prophet Lut.)
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And the people of the town came rejoicing.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And the people of the city came rejoicing.
Muhammad Asad
And the people of the city came [unto Lot], rejoicing at the glad tiding.
Muhammad Musin Khan
And the inhabitants of the city came rejoicing (at the news of the young men's arrival).
Muhammad Pickthall
And the people of the city came, rejoicing at the news (of new arrivals).
Muhammad Sarwar
The people of the town rejoicingly
Muhammed ali Shakir
And the people of the town came rejoicing.
Rashad Khalifa
The people of the city came joyfully.
Shabbir Ahmed
The residents of the town came in rejoicing in anticipation.
Commentary 15:67 The residents of the city suspected that Lot was conspiring with their enemies. By finding strangers at his house, they now believed they had found a…
وَجَاءَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ
15:67 The residents of the city suspected that Lot was conspiring with their enemies. By finding strangers at his house, they now believed they had found a proof of their suspicions about him, and this was the cause of their rejoicing (Râzî). This also gave them an excuse to finally rid themselves of Lot who had preached at them to mend their ways and adopt the path to piety and virtue.