Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:82

7:82

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

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Word by Word

وَمَاwamāAnd not
كَانَkānawas
جَوَابَjawāba(the) answer
قَوْمِهِۦٓqawmihi(of) his people
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنanthat
قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said
أَخْرِجُوهُمakhrijūhumDrive them out
مِّنminof
قَرْيَتِكُمْۖqaryatikumyour town
إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
أُنَاسٌۭunāsun(are) people
يَتَطَهَّرُونَyataṭahharūnawho keep themselves pure