ﱁWhenﱂthey enteredﱃupon himﱄand saidﱅPeaceﱆHe saidﱇIndeed, weﱈ(are) of youﱉafraidﱊ
who entered upon him and greeted ˹him with˺, “Peace!” He ˹later˺ said, “Surely we are afraid of you.”
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ﱋThey saidﱌ(Do) notﱍbe afraidﱎindeed, weﱏ[we] bring glad tidings to youﱐof a boyﱑlearnedﱒ
They reassured ˹him˺, “Do not be afraid! Surely we give you good news of a knowledgeable son.”
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ﱓHe saidﱔDo you give me glad tidingsﱕDo you give me glad tidingsﱖalthoughﱗhas overtaken meﱘold ageﱙThen about whatﱚyou give glad tidingsﱛ
He wondered, “Do you give me good news despite my old age? What unlikely news!”
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ﱜThey saidﱝWe give you glad tidingsﱞin truthﱟso (do) notﱠbeﱡofﱢthe despairingﱣ
They responded, “We give you good news in all truth, so do not be one of those who despair.”
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ﱤHe saidﱥAnd whoﱦdespairsﱧofﱨ(the) Mercyﱩ(of) his Lordﱪexceptﱫthose who are astrayﱬ
He exclaimed, “Who would despair of the mercy of their Lord except the misguided?”
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ﱭHe saidﱮThen whatﱯ(is) your businessﱰO messengersﱱO messengersﱲ
He ˹then˺ added, “What is your mission, O messenger-angels?”
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ﱳThey saidﱴIndeed, weﱵ[we] have been sentﱶtoﱷa people ﱸcriminalsﱹ
They replied, “We have actually been sent to a wicked people.
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ﱺExceptﱻthe familyﱼof Lutﱽindeed, weﱾsurely will save themﱿallﲀ
As for the family of Lot, we will certainly deliver them all,
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ﲁExceptﲂhis wifeﲃWe have decreedﲄthat sheﲅ(is) surely ofﲆthose who remain behindﲇ
except his wife. We have determined that she will be one of the doomed.”
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ﲈAnd whenﲉcameﲊ(to the) familyﲋ(of) Lutﲌthe messengersﲍ
So when the messenger-angels came to the family of Lot,
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ﲎHe saidﲏIndeed, youﲐ(are) a peopleﲑunknownﲒ
he said, “You must be strangers!”
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ﲓThey saidﲔNayﲕwe have come to youﲖwith whatﲗthey wereﲘin itﲙdisputingﲚ
They responded, “We have come to you with that ˹torment˺ which they have doubted.
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ﲛAnd we have come to youﲜwith the truthﲝand indeed, weﲞsurely (are) truthfulﲟ
We come to you with the truth, and we are certainly truthful.
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ﲠSo travelﲡwith your familyﲢin a portionﲣofﲤthe nightﲥand followﲦtheir backsﲧand notﲨlet look backﲩamong youﲪanyoneﲫand go onﲬwhereﲭyou are orderedﲮ
So travel with your family in the dark of night, and follow ˹closely˺ behind them. Do not let any of you look back, and go where you are commanded.”
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ﲯAnd We conveyedﲰto himﲱ[that]ﲲthe matterﲳthatﲴ(the) rootﲵ(of) theseﲶwould be cut offﲷ(by) early morningﲸ
We revealed to him this decree: “Those ˹sinners˺ will be uprooted in the morning.”
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ﲹAnd cameﲺ(the) peopleﲻ(of) the cityﲼrejoicingﲽ
And there came the men of the city, rejoicing.
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ﲾHe saidﲿIndeedﳀtheseﳁ(are) my guestsﳂso (do) notﳃshame meﳄ
Lot pleaded, “Indeed, these are my guests, so do not embarrass me.
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ﳅAnd fearﳆAllahﳇand (do) notﳈdisgrace meﳉ
Fear Allah and do not humiliate me.”
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ﳊThey saidﳋDid notﳌwe forbid youﳍfromﳎthe worldﳏ
They responded, “Have we not forbidden you from protecting anyone?”
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