وَتَذَرُونَ

مَا

خَلَقَ

لَكُمۡ

رَبُّكُم

مِّنۡ

أَزۡوَٰجِكُمۚ

بَلۡ

أَنتُمۡ

قَوۡمٌ

عَادُونَ

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leaving the wives that your Lord has created for you? In fact, you are a transgressing people.”

They threatened, “If you do not desist, O  Lot, you will surely be expelled.”

Lot responded, “I am truly one of those who despise your ˹shameful˺ practice.

My Lord! Save me and my family from ˹the consequences of˺ what they do.”

So We saved him and all of his family,

except an old woman,¹ who was one of the doomed.

Then We utterly destroyed the rest,

pouring upon them a rain ˹of brimstone˺. How evil was the rain of those who had been warned!

Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe.

And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful.

The residents of the Forest rejected the messengers

when Shu’aib said to them,¹ “Will you not fear ˹Allah˺?

I am truly a trustworthy messenger to you.

So fear Allah, and obey me.

I do not ask you for any reward for this ˹message˺. My reward is only from the Lord of all worlds.

Give full measure, and cause no loss ˹to others˺.

Weigh with an even balance,

and do not defraud people of their property. Nor go about spreading corruption in the land.