قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُنْكَرُونَ ٦٢
He said: "Ye appear to be uncommon folk."
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."
وَقَضَيْنَا إِلَيْهِ ذَٰلِكَ الْأَمْرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَٰؤُلَاءِ مَقْطُوعٌ مُصْبِحِينَ ٦٦
And We made known this decree to him, that the last remnants of those (sinners) should be cut off by the morning.