Al-Hijr
إِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا سَلَامًا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنْكُمْ وَجِلُونَ52
when they came to him and said, ‘Peace,’ he said, ‘We are afraid of you.’
قَالُوا لَا تَوْجَلْ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَامٍ عَلِيمٍ53
‘Do not be afraid,’ they said, ‘We bring you good news of a son who will have great knowledge.’
قَالَ أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِي عَلَىٰ أَنْ مَسَّنِيَ الْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ54
He said, ‘How can you give me such news when old age has come to me? What sort of news is this?’
قَالُوا بَشَّرْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُنْ مِنَ الْقَانِطِينَ55
They said, ‘We have told you the truth, so do not despair.’
قَالَ وَمَنْ يَقْنَطُ مِنْ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّهِ إِلَّا الضَّالُّونَ56
He said, ‘Who but the misguided despair of the mercy of their Lord?’
قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ57
and then asked, ‘Messengers, what is your errand?’
قَالُوا إِنَّا أُرْسِلْنَا إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُجْرِمِينَ58
They replied, ‘We have been sent to a people who are guilty.’
إِلَّا آلَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ59
But We shall save the household of Lot
إِلَّا امْرَأَتَهُ قَدَّرْنَا ۙ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ الْغَابِرِينَ60
all except his wife: We have decreed that she will be one of those who stay behind
فَلَمَّا جَاءَ آلَ لُوطٍ الْمُرْسَلُونَ61
When the messengers came to the household of Lot
قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُنْكَرُونَ62
he said, ‘You are strangers.’
قَالُوا بَلْ جِئْنَاكَ بِمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ63
They said, ‘We have brought you what they said would never happen
وَأَتَيْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَادِقُونَ64
we have brought you the Truth. We speak truly
فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَاتَّبِعْ أَدْبَارَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ وَامْضُوا حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ65
so leave in the dead of the night with your household, and walk behind them. Let none of you look back. Go where you are commanded.’
وَقَضَيْنَا إِلَيْهِ ذَٰلِكَ الْأَمْرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ مَقْطُوعٌ مُصْبِحِينَ66
We made this decree known to him: the last remnants of those people would be wiped out in the morning
وَجَاءَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ67
The people of the town came along, revelling
قَالَ إِنَّ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ ضَيْفِي فَلَا تَفْضَحُونِ68
and he told them, ‘These are my guests, do not disgrace me
وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ69
Fear God, and do not shame me.’
قَالُوا أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ الْعَالَمِينَ70
They answered, ‘Have we not told you not to interfere [between us and] anyone else?’