ٱلْأَعْرَاف : ٨٢

  • وَمَا And not
  • كَانَ was
  • جَوَابَ (the) answer
  • قَوۡمِهِۦٓ (of) his people
  • إِلَّآ except
  • أَن that
  • قَالُوٓاْ they said
  • أَخۡرِجُوهُم Drive them out
  • مِّن of
  • قَرۡيَتِكُمۡۖ your town
  • إِنَّهُمۡ Indeed they
  • أُنَاسٞ (are) people
  • يَتَطَهَّرُونَ who keep themselves pure
But the answer of his people was only that they said, "Evict them from your city! Indeed, they are men who keep themselves pure."
And the response of his people was only that they said, 'Expel them, that is, Loot and his followers, from your city. Surely they are folk who would be pure!', from [the abomination of penetrating] the rears of men.