َلَمَّا جَاءَتْ رُسُلُنَا لُوطاً سِىءَ بِهِمْ وَضَاقَ بِهِمْ ذَرْعاً وَقَالَ هَذَا یَوْمٌ عَصِیبٌ(( 77 ))

77- AND WHEN OUR MESSENGERS CAME TO LOT HE WAS ANNOYED AND WAS GRIEVED ON ACCOUNT OF THEM, AND SAID:ِ ``THIS IS A HARD DAY''

وَجَاءَهُ قَوْمُهُ یُهْرَعُونَ إِلَیْهِ وَمِنْ قَبْلُ کَانُوا یَعْمَلُونَ السَّیِّئَاتِ قَالَ یَا قَوْمِ هَؤُلاَءِ بَنَاتِی هُنَّ أَطْهَرُ لَکُمْ فَاتَّقُوا اللهَ وَلاَ تُخْزُونِ فِی ضَیْفِی أَلَیْسَ مِنْکُمْ رَجُلٌ رَشِیدٌ(( 78 ))

78- AND HIS PEOPLE WHO WERE DOING EVIL DEEDS BEFORE, CAME RUNNING TOWARDS HIM.

      HE SAID:ِ ``O, MY PEOPLE! HERE ARE MY DAUGHTERS. THEY ARE CLEANER FOR YOU (IF YOU MARY THEM). BEWARE OF ALLAH AND DO NOT DISGRACE ME WITH REGARD TO MY GUESTS. IS THERE NOT A RIGHTِMINDED MAN AMONG YOU?''

قَالُوا لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا لَنَا فِی بَنَاتِکَ مِنْ حَقّ وَإِنَّکَ لَتَعْلَمُ مَا نُرِیدُ(( 79 ))

79- THEY SAID:ِ ``YOU KNOW WELL THAT WE HAVE NO RIGHT (LIKING) TO YOUR DAUGHTERS, AND YOU KNOW WELL WHAT DO WE WANT!''

قَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِی بِکُمْ قُوَّةً أَوْ أَوْءَاِوی إِلَى رُکْن شَدِید(( 80 ))

80- HE SAID:ِ ``O, WOULD THAT I HAD POWER AGAINST YOU, (I WISH I COULD SUPPRESS YOU) OR COULD TAKE REFUGE IN A STRONG SUPPORT.''