سورة الاٴعرَاف
Surah Al-A‘râf 7:82
The Elevated Places · Verse 82 of 206
وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ قَالُوا أَخْرِجُوهُمْ مِنْ قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
His people had no reply to make but that they said (to one another), `Turn them (- Lot and his followers) out of your township, for they are a people who show off to be pure.´
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And his people gave no answer but this: they said, "Drive them out of your city: these are indeed men who want to be clean and pure!
Ahmed Ali
His people made no answer, and only said: "Drive them out of the city. They profess to be pure."
12 more translations
Ali Unal
But his people’s response was only that they said (to one another): "Banish them from your settlement, for they are a few persons who make themselves out to be pure!"
Daryabadi
And naught was the answer of his people save that they said: drive themforth from your city, verily they are a people who would be pure!
Faridul Haque
And his people had no answer except to say, "Turn them out of your dwellings; these are people who wish purity!"
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And the answer of his people was no other than that they said: Turn them out of your town; surely they are a people who aspire to purity!
Maulvi Sher Ali
And the only answer of his people was that they said, `Turn them out of your town, for they are men who take pride in their purity.'
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 !
Muhammad Musin Khan
And the answer of his people was only that they said: "Drive them out of your town, these are indeed men who want to be pure (from sins)!"
Muhammad Pickthall
And the answer of his people was only that they said (one to another): Turn them out of your township. They are folk, forsooth, who keep pure.
Muhammad Sarwar
His people had no answer to his remarks but to tell one another, "Expel him from our town; he and his people want to purify themselves."
Muhammed ali Shakir
And the answer of his people was no other than that they said: Turn them out of your town, surely they are a people who seek to purify (themselves).
Rashad Khalifa
His people responded by saying, "Evict them from your town. They are people who wish to be pure."
Shabbir Ahmed
They said, "Drive them out of your town! These people want to be models of purity.”