وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَخْرِجُوهُم مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ
wamā kāna jawāba qawmihi illā an qālū akhrijūhum min qaryatikum innahum unāsun yataṭahharūna
But the answer of his people was only that they said, "Evict them from your city! Indeed, they are men who keep themselves pure."
— Saheeh International
The only response his people gave was to say [to one another], ‘Drive them out of your town! These men want to keep themselves chaste!’
— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem
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 Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

