Surah Al-A'raf — Verse 82

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وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَخْرِجُوهُم مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ

Wama kana jawabaqawmihi illa an qaloo akhrijoohum min qaryatikuminnahum onasun yatatahharoon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 7

But the answer of his people was only that they said, "Evict them from your city! Indeed, they are men who keep themselves pure."

The only response his people gave was to say [to one another], ‘Drive them out of your town! These men want to keep themselves chaste!’

And the answer of his people was only that they said (one to another): Turn them out of your township. They are folk, forsooth, who keep pure.

And his people gave no answer but this: they said, "Drive them out of your city: these are indeed men who want to be clean and pure!"

The answer of his people was no other than to say, “Expel them from your town. They are a people who pretend too much purity.”

And the answer of his people was only that they said: "Drive them out of your town, these are indeed men who want to be pure (from sins)!"

Their only answer was: 'Banish them from your town. They are a people who pretend to be pure.'