قالوا بَل جِئناكَ بِما كانوا فيهِ يَمتَرونَ

They said, "But we have come to you with that about which they were disputing,

وَأَتَيناكَ بِالحَقِّ وَإِنّا لَصادِقونَ

And we have come to you with truth, and indeed, we are truthful.

فَأَسرِ بِأَهلِكَ بِقِطعٍ مِنَ اللَّيلِ وَاتَّبِع أَدبارَهُم وَلا يَلتَفِت مِنكُم أَحَدٌ وَامضوا حَيثُ تُؤمَرونَ

So set out with your family during a portion of the night and follow behind them and let not anyone among you look back and continue on to where you are commanded."

وَقَضَينا إِلَيهِ ذٰلِكَ الأَمرَ أَنَّ دابِرَ هـٰؤُلاءِ مَقطوعٌ مُصبِحينَ

And We conveyed to him [the decree] of that matter: that those [sinners] would be eliminated by early morning.

وَجاءَ أَهلُ المَدينَةِ يَستَبشِرونَ

And the people of the city came rejoicing.

وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَلا تُخزونِ

And fear Allah and do not disgrace me."

قالوا أَوَلَم نَنهَكَ عَنِ العالَمينَ

They said, "Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people?"

قالَ هـٰؤُلاءِ بَناتي إِن كُنتُم فاعِلينَ

[Lot] said, "These are my daughters - if you would be doers [of lawful marriage]."

لَعَمرُكَ إِنَّهُم لَفي سَكرَتِهِم يَعمَهونَ

By your life, [O Muhammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly.

فَأَخَذَتهُمُ الصَّيحَةُ مُشرِقينَ

So the shriek seized them at sunrise.