Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 56th verse of chapter 27 (sūrat l-naml). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (27) sūrat l-naml (The Ants)

Sahih International: But the answer of his people was not except that they said, "Expel the family of Lot from your city. Indeed, they are people who keep themselves pure."

Pickthall: But the answer of his folk was naught save that they said: Expel the household of Lot from your township, for they (forsooth) are folk who would keep clean!

Yusuf Ali: But his people gave no other answer but this: they said, "Drive out the followers of Lut from your city: these are indeed men who want to be clean and pure!"

Shakir: But the answer of his people was no other except that they ~s said: Turn out Lut's followers from your town; surely they are a people who would keep pure!

Muhammad Sarwar: His people had no answer but to say, "Expel Lot and his family from the town for they want to be pure."

Mohsin Khan: There was no other answer given by his people except that they said: "Drive out the family of Lout (Lot) from your city. Verily, these are men who want to be clean and pure!"

Arberry: And the only answer of his people was that they said, 'Expel the folk of Lot from your city; they are men that keep themselves clean!'

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See Also

• Verse (27:56) Morphology - description of each Arabic word