The Quran

سورة النَّمل

Surah Al-Naml 27:54

The Tribe of Naml-Namlites · Verse 54 of 93

وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ أَتَأْتُونَ الْفَاحِشَةَ وَأَنْتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And (We also sent) Lot (as a Messenger). (Recall) when he said to his people, `Do you commit obscenity while you see (the evil thereof).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

(We also sent) Lut (as a messenger): behold, He said to his people, "Do ye do what is shameful though ye see (its iniquity)?

Ahmed Ali

(Remember) Lot, when he said to his people: "Why do you indulge in obscenities when you know (it is evil)?

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Ali Unal

We also sent Lot as Messenger. He warned his people: "Will you do that abhorrent indecency in plain view (of one another)?

Daryabadi

And Lut! what time he said unto his people: commit ye indecency while ye see?

Faridul Haque

And (remember) Lut when he said to his people, “What! You stoop to the shameful whereas you can see?”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And Lot, when he said to his people: Do you commit foul deeds, while you see?

Maulvi Sher Ali

And WE sent Lot as a Messenger, when he said to his people, `Do you commit abomination while you see?

Muhammad Asad

AND [thus, too, did We save] Lot, when he said unto his people "Would you commit this abomination with your eyes open [to its being against all nature]?

Muhammad Musin Khan

And (remember) Lout (Lot)! When he said to his people. Do you commit Al-Fahishah (evil, great sin, every kind of unlawful sexual intercourse, sodomy, etc.) while you see (one another doing evil without any screen, etc.)?"

Muhammad Pickthall

And Lot! when he said unto his folk: Will ye commit abomination knowingly?

Muhammad Sarwar

Lot asked his people, "Do you understandably commit indecency?.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And (We sent) Lut, when he said to his people: What! do you commit indecency while you see?

Rashad Khalifa

Lot said to his people, "How could you commit such an abomination, publicly, while you see?

Shabbir Ahmed

(We also sent) Lot who said to his people, "Will you commit this abomination while you see and understand?"