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إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمًا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنكُمْ وَجِلُونَ﴿٥٢﴾

(How) when they came in unto him, and said: Peace. He said: Lo! we are afraid of you.

قَالُوا۟ لَا تَوْجَلْ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ﴿٥٣﴾

They said: Be not afraid! Lo! we bring thee good tidings of a boy possessing wisdom.

قَالَ أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِى عَلَىٰٓ أَن مَّسَّنِىَ ٱلْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ﴿٥٤﴾

He said: Bring ye me good tidings (of a son) when old age hath overtaken me? Of what then can ye bring good tidings?

قَالُوا۟ بَشَّرْنَـٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْقَـٰنِطِينَ﴿٥٥﴾

They said: We bring thee good tidings in truth. So be not thou of the despairing.

قَالَ وَمَن يَقْنَطُ مِن رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ﴿٥٦﴾

He said: And who despaireth of the mercy of his Lord save those who are astray?

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ﴿٥٧﴾

He said: And afterward what is your business, O ye messengers (of Allah)?

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ﴿٥٨﴾

They said: We have been sent unto a guilty folk,

إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ﴿٥٩﴾

(All) save the family of Lot. Them we shall deliver every one,

إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَآ ۙ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ﴿٦٠﴾

Except his wife, of whom We had decreed that she should be of those who stay behind.

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ﴿٦١﴾

And when the messengers came unto the family of Lot,

قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ﴿٦٢﴾

He said: Lo! ye are folk unknown (to me).

قَالُوا۟ بَلْ جِئْنَـٰكَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ﴿٦٣﴾

They said: Nay, but we bring thee that concerning which they keep disputing,

وَأَتَيْنَـٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَـٰدِقُونَ﴿٦٤﴾

And bring thee the Truth, and lo! we are truth-tellers.

فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱتَّبِعْ أَدْبَـٰرَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ وَٱمْضُوا۟ حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ﴿٦٥﴾

So travel with thy household in a portion of the night, and follow thou their backs. Let none of you turn round, but go whither ye are commanded.

وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْأَمْرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَقْطُوعٌ مُّصْبِحِينَ﴿٦٦﴾

And We made plain the case to him, that the root of them (who did wrong) was to be cut at early morn.

وَجَآءَ أَهْلُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ﴿٦٧﴾

And the people of the city came, rejoicing at the news (of new arrivals).

قَالَ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ضَيْفِى فَلَا تَفْضَحُونِ﴿٦٨﴾

He said: Lo! they are my guests. Affront me not!

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ﴿٦٩﴾

And keep your duty to Allah, and shame me not!

قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ﴿٧٠﴾

They said; Have we not forbidden you from (entertaining) anyone?