فَمَا کَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِ إِلاَّ أَنْ قَالُوا أَخْرِجُوا آلَ لُوط مِّنْ قَرْیَتِکُمْ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ یَتَطَهَّرُونَ(( 56 ))
56- BUT THE ANSWER OF HIS PEOPLE WAS NOT EXCEPT THAT THEY SAID:ِ ``BANISH THE FOLK OF LOT FROM YOUR TOWN, THAT THEY ARE MEN WHO SEEK TO KEEP CLEAN.''
فَأَنجَیْنَاهُ وَأَهْلَهُ إِلاَّ امْرَأَتَهُ قَدَّرْنَاهَا مِنَ الْغَابِرِینَ(( 57 ))
57- THEN WE SAVED HIM AND HIS FAMILY, EXCEPT HIS WIFE WHO, WE DESTINED TO STAY BACK.
وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَیْهِمْ مَّطَراً فَسَاءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنذَرِینَ(( 58 ))
58- AND WE RAINED ON THEM A RAIN, (OF BRIMSTONE) AND SO BAD WAS THE RAIN FOR THOSE WHO WERE ADMONISHED. (BUT THEY PAID NO HEED)
قُلِ الْحَمْدُ للهِِ وَسَلاَمٌ عَلَى عِبَادِهِ الَّذِینَ اصْطَفَى أَاللهُ خَیْرٌ أَمَّا یُشْرِکُونَ(( 59 ))
59- SAY:ِ ``PRAISE BELONGS TO ALLAH, AND PEACE BE UPON HIS SERVANTS WHOM HE HAS CHOSEN.''
IS ALLAH BETTER OR (THE FALSE GODS) THAT THEY ASSOCIATE? (WITH HIM)