Surah Hud (هود) • Hud

Quran 11:78

11:78

وَجَآءَهُۥ قَوْمُهُۥ يُهْرَعُونَ إِلَيْهِ وَمِن قَبْلُ كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ ۚ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِى هُنَّ أَطْهَرُ لَكُمْ ۖ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ فِى ضَيْفِىٓ ۖ أَلَيْسَ مِنكُمْ رَجُلٌ رَّشِيدٌ

wajāahu qawmuhu yuh'raʿūna ilayhi wamin qablu kānū yaʿmalūna l-sayiāti qāla yāqawmi hāulāi banātī hunna aṭharu lakum fa-ittaqū l-laha walā tukh'zūni fī ḍayfī alaysa minkum rajulun rashīdun

And his people came hastening to him, and before [this] they had been doing evil deeds. He said, "O my people, these are my daughters; they are purer for you. So fear Allāh and do not disgrace me concerning my guests. Is there not among you a man of reason?"

— Saheeh International

His people came rushing towards him; they used to commit foul deeds. He said, ‘My people, here are my daughters.They are more wholesome for you, so have some fear of God and do not disgrace me with my guests. Is there not a single right-minded man among you?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And his people came rushing towards him, and since aforetime they used to commit crimes (sodomy), he said: "O my people! Here are my daughters (i.e. the women of the nation), they are purer for you (if you marry them lawfully). So fear Allâh and degrace me not with regard to my guests! Is there not among you a single right-minded man?"

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 12Page 230meccan

Word by Word

وَجَآءَهُۥwajāahuAnd came (to) him
قَوْمُهُۥqawmuhuhis people
يُهْرَعُونَyuh'raʿūnarushing
إِلَيْهِilayhito him
وَمِنwaminand before
قَبْلُqabluand before
كَانُوا۟kānūthey (had) been
يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnadoing
ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِۚl-sayiātithe evil deeds
قَالَqālaHe said
يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāiThese
بَنَاتِىbanātī(are) my daughters
هُنَّhunnathey
أَطْهَرُaṭharu(are) purer
لَكُمْۖlakumfor you
فَٱتَّقُوا۟fa-ittaqūSo fear
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تُخْزُونِtukh'zūnidisgrace me
فِىfīconcerning
ضَيْفِىٓۖḍayfīmy guests
أَلَيْسَalaysaIs (there) not
مِنكُمْminkumamong you
رَجُلٌۭrajuluna man
رَّشِيدٌۭrashīdunright-minded