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
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!"
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ
("These are indeed men who want to be pure (from sins)!") Qatadah commented, "They shamed them (Lut and the believers) with what is not a shame at all." Mujahid commented, "(Lut's people said about Lut and the believers,) They are a people who want to be pure from men
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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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