P:  And his people came unto him, running towards him — and before then they used to commit abominations — He said:  O my people!  Here are my daughters!  They are purer for you.  Beware of Allah, and degrade me not in (the person of) my guests.  Is there not among you any upright man?

S:  And his people came to him, (as if) rushed on towards him, and already they did evil deeds.  He said:  O my people! these are my daughters—­ they are purer for you, so guard against (the punishment of) Allah and do not disgrace me with regard to my guests; is there not among you one right-minded man?

011.079 Y:  They said:  “Well dost thou know we have no need of thy daughters:  indeed thou knowest quite well what we want!”

P:  They said:  Well thou knowest that we have no right to thy daughters, and well thou knowest what we want.

S:  They said:  Certainly you know that we have no claim on your daughters, and most surely you know what we desire.

011.080 Y:  He said:  “Would that I had power to suppress you or that I could betake myself to some powerful support.”

P:  He said:  Would that I had strength to resist you or had some strong support (among you)!

S:  He said:  Ah! that I had power to suppress you, rather I shall have recourse to a strong support.

011.081 Y:  (The Messengers) said:  “O Lut!  We are Messengers from thy Lord!  By no means shall they reach thee! now travel with thy family while yet a part of the night remains, and let not any of you look back:  but thy wife (will remain behind):  To her will happen what happens to the people.  Morning is their time appointed:  Is not the morning nigh?”

P:  (The messengers) said:  O Lot!  Lo! we are messengers of thy Lord; they shall not reach thee.  So travel with thy people in a part of the night, and let not one of you turn round — (all) save thy wife.  Lo! that which smiteth them will smite her (also).  Lo! their tryst is (for) the morning.  Is not the morning nigh?

S:  They said:  O Lut! we are the messengers of your Lord; they shall by no means reach you; so remove your followers in a part of the night—­ and let none of you turn back—­ except your wife, for surely whatsoever befalls them shall befall her; surely their appointed time is the morning; is not the morning nigh?

011.082 Y:  When Our Decree issued, We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay, spread, layer on layer,-

P:  So when Our commandment came to pass We overthrew (that township) and rained upon it stones of clay, one after another,

S:  So when Our decree came to pass, We turned them upside down and rained down upon them stones, of what had been decreed, one after another.

011.083 Y:  Marked as from thy Lord:  Nor are they ever far from those who do wrong!

P:  Marked with fire in the providence of thy Lord (for the destruction of the wicked).  And they are never far from the wrong-doers.