أَئِنَّكُمْ Indeed, you a-innakum approach latatūna the men l-rijāla and you cut off wataqṭaʿūna the road l-sabīla and commit watatūna in fī your meetings nādīkumu evil l-munkara And not famā was kāna (the) answer jawāba (of) his people qawmihi except illā that an they said qālū Bring upon us i'tinā (the) punishment biʿadhābi (of) Allah l-lahi if in you are kunta of mina the truthful l-ṣādiqīna
Indeed, you approach men and obstruct the road1 and commit in your meetings [every] evil." And the answer of his people was not but that they said, "Bring us the punishment of Allāh, if you should be of the truthful."