Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:56

27:56

۞ فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَخْرِجُوٓا۟ ءَالَ لُوطٍ مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ

famā kāna jawāba qawmihi illā an qālū akhrijū āla lūṭin min qaryatikum innahum unāsun yataṭahharūna

But the answer of his people was not except that they said, "Expel the family of Lot from your city. Indeed, they are people who keep themselves pure."

— Saheeh International

The only answer his people gave was to say, ‘Expel Lot’s followers from your town! These men mean to stay chaste!’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

There was no other answer given by his people except that they said: "Drive out the family of Lût (Lot) from your city Verily, these are men who want to be clean and pure!"

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

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Word by Word

۞ فَمَاfamāBut not
كَانَkānawas
جَوَابَjawāba(the) answer
قَوْمِهِۦٓqawmihi(of) his people
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنanthat
قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said
أَخْرِجُوٓا۟akhrijūDrive out
ءَالَāla(the) family
لُوطٍۢlūṭin(of) Lut
مِّنminfrom
قَرْيَتِكُمْۖqaryatikumyour town
إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
أُنَاسٌۭunāsun(are) people
يَتَطَهَّرُونَyataṭahharūnawho keep clean and pure