Al-A'raf 7:82 وما كان جواب قومه الا ان قالوا اخرجوهم من قريتكم انهم اناس يتطهرون ٨٢
وَمَا
كَانَ
جَوَابَ
قَوۡمِهِۦٓ
إِلَّآ
أَن
قَالُوٓاْ
أَخۡرِجُوهُم
مِّن
قَرۡيَتِكُمۡۖ
إِنَّهُمۡ
أُنَاسٞ
يَتَطَهَّرُونَ
٨٢
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!’
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إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ
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("These are indeed men who want to be pure (from sins)!") Qatadah commented, "They shamed them (Lut and the believers)
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