وَلُوطًا And Lut walūṭan when idh he said qāla to his people liqawmihi Do you commit atatūna [the] immorality l-fāḥishata while you wa-antum see tub'ṣirūna
And [mention] Lot, when he said to his people, "Do you commit immorality while you are seeing?
أَئِنَّكُمْ Why do you a-innakum approach latatūna the men l-rijāla (with) lust shahwatan instead of min instead of dūni the women l-nisāi Nay bal you antum (are) a people qawmun ignorant tajhalūna
Do you indeed approach men with desire instead of women? Rather, you are a people behaving ignorantly."
۞ فَمَا But not famā was kāna (the) answer jawāba (of) his people qawmihi except illā that an they said qālū Drive out akhrijū (the) family āla (of) Lut lūṭin from min your town qaryatikum Indeed, they innahum (are) people unāsun who keep clean and pure 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."
فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ So We saved him fa-anjaynāhu and his family wa-ahlahu except illā his wife im'ra-atahu We destined her qaddarnāhā (to be) of mina those who remained behind l-ghābirīna
So We saved him and his family, except for his wife; We destined her to be of those who remained behind.
وَأَمْطَرْنَا And We rained wa-amṭarnā upon them ʿalayhim a rain maṭaran and was evil fasāa (the) rain maṭaru (on) those who were warned l-mundharīna
And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.