وَمَا
كَانَ
جَوَابَ
قَوۡمِهِۦٓ
إِلَّآ
أَن
قَالُوٓاْ
أَخۡرِجُوهُم
مِّن
قَرۡيَتِكُمۡۖ
إِنَّهُمۡ
أُنَاسٞ
يَتَطَهَّرُونَ
٨٢
But the answer of his people was only that they said, "Evict them from your city! Indeed, they are men who keep themselves pure."
— Saheeh International
But his people’s only response was to say, “Expel them from your land! They are a people who wish to remain chaste!”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ
("These are indeed men who want to be pure (from sins)!") Qatadah commented, "They shamed them (Lut and the believers) with what is not a shame at all." Mujahid commented, "(Lut's people said about Lut and the believers,) They are a people who want to be pure from men
…إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ
("These are indeed men who want to be pure (from sins)!") Qatadah commented, "They shamed them (Lut and the believers)
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