P:  See, yonder are their dwellings empty and in ruins because they did wrong.  Lo! herein is indeed a portent for a people who have knowledge.

S:  So those are their houses fallen down because they were unjust, most surely there is a sign in this for a people who know.

027.053 Y:  And We saved those who believed and practised righteousness.

P:  And we saved those who believed and used to ward off (evil).

S:  And We delivered those who believed and who guarded (against evil).

027.054 Y:  (We also sent) Lut (as a messenger):  behold, He said to his people, “Do ye do what is shameful though ye see (its iniquity)?”

P:  And Lot! when he said unto his folk:  Will ye commit abomination knowingly?

S:  And (We sent) Lut, when he said to his people:  What! do you commit indecency while you see?

027.055 Y:  Would ye really approach men in your lusts rather than women?  Nay, ye are a people (grossly) ignorant!

P:  Must ye seek lust after men instead of women?  Nay, but ye are folk who act senselessly.

S:  What! do you indeed approach men lustfully rather than women?  Nay, you are a people who act ignorantly.

027.056 Y:  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!”

P:  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!

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

027.057 Y:  But We saved him and his family, except his wife; her We destined to be of those who lagged behind.

P:  Then We saved him and his household save his wife; We destined her to be of those who stayed behind.

S:  But We delivered him and his followers except his wife; We ordained her to be of those who remained behind.

027.058 Y:  And We rained down on them a shower (of brimstone):  and evil was the shower on those who were admonished (but heeded not)!

P:  And We rained a rain upon them.  Dreadful is the rain of those who have been warned.

S:  And We rained on them a rain, and evil was the rain of those who had been warned.

027.059 Y:  Say:  Praise be to Allah, and Peace on his servants whom He has chosen (for his Message). (Who) is better?- Allah or the false gods they associate (with Him)?

P:  Say (O Muhammad):  Praise be to Allah, and peace be on His slaves whom He hath chosen!  Is Allah best, or (all) that ye ascribe as partners (unto Him)?

S:  Say:  Praise be to Allah and peace on His servants whom He has chosen:  is Allah better, or what they associate (with Him)?

027.060 Y:  Or, Who has created the heavens and the earth, and Who sends you down rain from the sky?  Yea, with it We cause to grow well-planted orchards full of beauty of delight:  it is not in your power to cause the growth of the trees in them. (Can there be another) god besides Allah?  Nay, they are a people who swerve from justice.