سورة العَنکبوت
Surah Al-‘Ankabût 29:29
The Spider · Verse 29 of 69
أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ الرِّجَالَ وَتَقْطَعُونَ السَّبِيلَ وَتَأْتُونَ فِي نَادِيكُمُ الْمُنْكَرَ ۖ فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ قَالُوا ائْتِنَا بِعَذَابِ اللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
`Is it not true you approach men (lustfully) and commit highway robbery? (Is it not true also) you commit indecent action in your gatherings?´ But his people had no response to make, (yet) they said, `Bring upon us the punishment of Allâh if you are of those who speak the truth.´
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Do ye indeed approach men, and cut off the highway?- and practise wickedness (even) in your councils? But his people gave no answer but this: they said: "Bring us the Wrath of Allah if thou tellest the truth.
Ahmed Ali
You commit unnatural acts with men and cut off the way (of procreation), and commit obscenities in your gatherings." The only answer his people made was: "Bring the punishment of God, if you are truthful."
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Ali Unal
(After such severe warnings of God) will you continue to go come to men with lust, waylay (travelers) on the road (especially male travelers), and commit shameful deeds in your assemblies? The response of his people was only that they said (mocking and challenging him): "Bring down upon us the punishment of God with which you threaten us, if you are truthful!"
Daryabadi
Ye go in indeed unto males, and ye rob on the highway, and ye commit that which is disreputable in your assembly? Then the answer of his people was naught but that they said: bring thou God´s torment on us if thou art of the truth-tellers.
Faridul Haque
“What! You commit the immoral with males, and cut off the roads; and you speak evilly in your gatherings?” So his people had no answer except to say, “Bring the punishment of Allah upon us if you are truthful!”
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Do you come to males and commit robbery on the highway, and commit evil deeds in your assemblies? But the answer of his people was only that they said: Bring on us Allah
Maulvi Sher Ali
What ! Do you approach men with lust and commit robbery on the highway, and you commit abomination in your meetings?' But the only answer of his people was that they said, `Bring upon us the punishment of ALLAH if thou speakest the truth.'
Muhammad Asad
Must you indeed approach men [with lust] and thus cut across the way [of nature]? and must you commit these shameful deeds in your [open] assemblies?"
Muhammad Musin Khan
Verily, you do sodomy with men, and rob the wayfarer (travellers, etc.)! And practise Al- Munkar (disbelief and polytheism and every kind of evil wicked deed) in your meetings. But his people gave no answer except, that they said: "Bring Allah's Torment upon us if you are one of the truthful."
Muhammad Pickthall
For come ye not in unto males, and cut ye not the road (for travellers), and commit ye not abomination in your meetings? But the answer of his folk was only that they said: Bring Allah's doom upon us if thou art a truthteller!
Muhammad Sarwar
Do you engage in carnal relations with men, rob the travellers, and commit evil in your gatherings? His people had no answer but to say, "Bring upon us the torment of God if you are truthful".
Muhammed ali Shakir
What! do you come to the males and commit robbery on the highway, and you commit evil deeds in your assemblies? But nothing was the answer of his people except that they said: Bring on us Allah's punishment, if you are one of the truthful.
Rashad Khalifa
You practice sex with the men, you commit highway robbery, and you allow all kinds of vice in your society. The only response from his people was to say, "Bring to us GOD's retribution, if you are truthful."
Shabbir Ahmed
Do you not approach males, and cut off the way of nature? Do you not commit highway robbery? And do you not commit shameful vices openly in your assemblies?” But his people’s only answer was, "Bring down upon us the punishment of God if you are a man of truth."