فَلَمَّا جَاءَ آلَ لُوطٍ الْمُرْسَلُونَ ٦١
At length when the messengers arrived among the adherents of Lut,
فَلَمَّا جَاءَ آلَ لُوطٍ الْمُرْسَلُونَ ٦١
At length when the messengers arrived among the adherents of Lut,
قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُنْكَرُونَ ٦٢
He said: "Ye appear to be uncommon folk."
قَالُوا بَلْ جِئْنَاكَ بِمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ ٦٣
They said: "Yea, we have come to thee to accomplish that of which they doubt.
وَأَتَيْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَادِقُونَ ٦٤
"We have brought to thee that which is inevitably due, and assuredly we tell the truth.
فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَاتَّبِعْ أَدْبَارَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ وَامْضُوا حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ ٦٥
"Then travel by night with thy household, when a portion of the night (yet remains), and do thou bring up the rear: let no one amongst you look back, but pass on whither ye are ordered."