۞ قَالَ He said qāla Then what famā (is) your mission khaṭbukum O messengers ayyuhā O messengers l-mur'salūna
[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"
قَالُوٓا۟ They said qālū Indeed, we innā [we] have been sent ur'sil'nā to ilā a people qawmin criminal muj'rimīna
They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals
لِنُرْسِلَ That we may send down linur'sila upon them ʿalayhim stones ḥijāratan of min clay ṭīnin
To send down upon them stones of clay,
مُّسَوَّمَةً Marked musawwamatan by your Lord ʿinda by your Lord rabbika for the transgressors lil'mus'rifīna
Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors."
فَأَخْرَجْنَا Then We brought out fa-akhrajnā (those) who man were kāna therein fīhā of mina the believers l-mu'minīna
So We brought out whoever was in them [i.e., the cities] of the believers.
فَمَا But not famā We found wajadnā therein fīhā other than ghayra a house baytin of mina the Muslims l-mus'limīna
And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims.
وَتَرَكْنَا And We left wataraknā therein fīhā a Sign āyatan for those who lilladhīna fear yakhāfūna the punishment l-ʿadhāba the painful l-alīma
And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.