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وَلَمَّا And when جَآءَتْ came رُسُلُنَآ Our messengers إِبْرَٰهِيمَ (to) Ibrahim بِٱلْبُشْرَىٰ with the glad tidings قَالُوٓا۟ they said إِنَّا Indeed, we مُهْلِكُوٓا۟ (are) going to destroy أَهْلِ (the) people هَـٰذِهِ (of) this ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ۖ town إِنَّ Indeed أَهْلَهَا its people كَانُوا۟ are ظَـٰلِمِينَ wrongdoers ٣١

And when Our messengers [i.e., angels] came to Abraham with the good tidings, they said, "Indeed, we will destroy the people of that [i.e., Lot's] city. Indeed, its people have been wrongdoers."

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قَالَ He said إِنَّ Indeed فِيهَا in it لُوطًۭا ۚ (is) Lut قَالُوا۟ They said نَحْنُ We أَعْلَمُ know better بِمَن who فِيهَا ۖ (is) in it لَنُنَجِّيَنَّهُۥ We will surely save him وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ and his family إِلَّا except ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ his wife كَانَتْ She مِنَ (is) of ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ those who remain behind ٣٢

[Abraham] said, "Indeed, within it is Lot." They said, "We are more knowing of who is within it. We will surely save him and his family, except his wife. She is to be of those who remain behind."

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وَلَمَّآ And when أَن [that] جَآءَتْ came رُسُلُنَا Our messengers لُوطًۭا (to) Lut سِىٓءَ he was distressed بِهِمْ for them وَضَاقَ and felt straitened بِهِمْ for them ذَرْعًۭا (and) uneasy وَقَالُوا۟ And they said لَا (Do) not تَخَفْ fear وَلَا and (do) not تَحْزَنْ ۖ grieve إِنَّا Indeed, we مُنَجُّوكَ (will) save you وَأَهْلَكَ and your family إِلَّا except ٱمْرَأَتَكَ your wife كَانَتْ She مِنَ (is) of ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ those who remain behind ٣٣

And when Our messengers [i.e., angels] came to Lot, he was distressed for them and felt for them great discomfort. They said, "Fear not, nor grieve. Indeed, we will save you and your family, except your wife; she is to be of those who remain behind.

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إِنَّا Indeed, we مُنزِلُونَ (will) bring down عَلَىٰٓ on أَهْلِ (the) people هَـٰذِهِ (of) this ٱلْقَرْيَةِ town رِجْزًۭا a punishment مِّنَ from ٱلسَّمَآءِ (the) sky بِمَا because كَانُوا۟ they have been يَفْسُقُونَ defiantly disobedient ٣٤

Indeed, we will bring down on the people of this city punishment from the sky because they have been defiantly disobedient."

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وَلَقَد And verily تَّرَكْنَا We have left مِنْهَآ about it ءَايَةًۢ a sign بَيِّنَةًۭ (as) evidence لِّقَوْمٍۢ for a people يَعْقِلُونَ who use reason ٣٥

And We have certainly left of it a sign as clear evidence for a people who use reason.

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وَإِلَىٰ And to مَدْيَنَ Madyan أَخَاهُمْ their brother شُعَيْبًۭا Shuaib فَقَالَ And he said يَـٰقَوْمِ O my people ٱعْبُدُوا۟ Worship ٱللَّهَ Allah وَٱرْجُوا۟ and expect ٱلْيَوْمَ the Day ٱلْـَٔاخِرَ the Last وَلَا and (do) not تَعْثَوْا۟ commit evil فِى in ٱلْأَرْضِ the earth مُفْسِدِينَ (as) corrupters ٣٦

And to Madyan [We sent] their brother Shuʿayb, and he said, "O my people, worship Allāh and expect the Last Day and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."

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فَكَذَّبُوهُ But they denied him فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ so seized them ٱلرَّجْفَةُ the earthquake فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ and they became فِى in دَارِهِمْ their home جَـٰثِمِينَ fallen prone ٣٧

But they denied him, so the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

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وَعَادًۭا And Aad وَثَمُودَا۟ and Thamud وَقَد and verily تَّبَيَّنَ (has) become clear لَكُم to you مِّن from مَّسَـٰكِنِهِمْ ۖ their dwellings وَزَيَّنَ And made fair-seeming لَهُمُ to them ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ the Shaitaan أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ their deeds فَصَدَّهُمْ and averted them عَنِ from ٱلسَّبِيلِ the Way وَكَانُوا۟ though they were مُسْتَبْصِرِينَ endowed with insight ٣٨

And [We destroyed] ʿAad and Thamūd, and it has become clear to you from their [ruined] dwellings. And Satan had made pleasing to them their deeds and averted them from the path, and they were endowed with perception.

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