وَلَمَّا جَاءَتْ رُسُلُنَا إِبْرَاهِیمَ بِالْبُشْرَى قَالُوا إِنَّا مُهْلِکُوا أَهْلِ هَذِهِ الْقَرْیَةِ إِنَّ أَهْلَهَا کَانُوا ظَالِمِینَ(( 31 ))

31- AND WHEN OUR MESSENGERS (THE ANGELS) CAME TO ABRAHAM WITH GLAD-TIDINGS. THEY SAID:- ``WE ARE TO DESTROY THE PEOPLE OF THIS TOWN, (POINTING AT SODOM& GOMORAH) THAT THE TOWNSFOLK HAVE BEEN OPPRESSORS.''

قَالَ إِنَّ فِیهَا لُوطاً قَالُوا نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ فِیهَا لَنُنَجِّیَنَّهُ وَأَهْلَهُ إِلاَّ امْرَأَتَهُ کَانَتْ مِنَ الْغَابِرِینَ(( 32 ))

32- HE SAID:- ``BUT LOT IS IN IT.'' THEY SAID:- ``WE KNOW BETTER WHO ARE IN IT. WE WILL SAVE HIM AND HIS FOLK, EXCEPT HIS WIFE. SHE LAGGED BEHIND.

وَلَمَّا أَنْ جَاءَتْ رُسُلُنَا لُوطاً سِىءَ بِهِمْ وَضَاقَ بِهِمْ ذَرْعاً وَقَالُوا لاَ تَخَفْ وَلاَ تَحْزَنْ إِنَّا مُنَجُّوکَ وَأَهْلَکَ إِلاَّ امْرَأَتَکَ کَانَتْ مِنَ الْغَابِرِینَ(( 33 ))

33- AND WHEN OUR MESSENGERS CAME TO LOT, HE BECAME DISTRESSED AND DISTURBED (BY SEEING THEM). BUT THEY SAID (TO LOT):- ``FEAR NOT, AND NEITHER GRIEVE, WE WILL SAVE YOU AND YOUR FOLK, EXCEPT YOUR WIFE. SHE LAGGED BEHIND. (WITH THOSE WHO WERE PUNISHED)

إِنَّا مُنزِلُونَ عَلَى أَهْلِ هَذِهِ الْقَرْیَةِ رِجْزاً مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ بِمَا کَانُوا یَفْسُقُونَ (( 34 ))

34- WE SHALL SEND DOWN UPON THE FOLK OF THIS TOWN A CALAMITY FROM THE SKY, BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN DEBAUCHERS.

وَلَقَد تَّرَکْنَا مِنْهَا آیَةً بَیِّنَةً لِّقَوْم یَعْقِلُونَ(( 35 ))

35- AND VERILY WE LEFT OUT OF IT A CLEAR SIGN FOR A PEOPLE WHO CARE TO UNDERSTAND.