قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ ٣١
(Abraham) said: "And what, O ye Messengers, is your errand (now)?"
قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ ٣١
(Abraham) said: "And what, O ye Messengers, is your errand (now)?"
قَالُوا إِنَّا أُرْسِلْنَا إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُجْرِمِينَ ٣٢
They said, "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin;-
لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِنْ طِينٍ ٣٣
"To bring on, on them, (a shower of) stones of clay (brimstone),
مُسَوَّمَةً عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ ٣٤
"Marked as from thy Lord for those who trespass beyond bounds."
فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَنْ كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٣٥
Then We evacuated those of the Believers who were there,