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Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 82 (7:82)

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

Quran 7:82 is ayah 82 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 8, on page 161 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:82
وَمَاكَانَجَوَابَقَوْمِهِۦٓإِلَّآأَنقَالُوٓا۟أَخْرِجُوهُممِّنقَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖإِنَّهُمْأُنَاسٌيَتَطَهَّرُونَ٨٢
wamā kāna jawāba qawmihi illā an qālū akhrijūhum min qaryatikum innahum unāsun yataṭahharūna

But the answer of his people was only that they said, "Evict them from your city! Indeed, they are men who keep themselves pure."(82)

Word by word

  1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  2. كَانَkānawas
  3. جَوَابَjawāba(the) answer
  4. قَوْمِهِۦٓqawmihi(of) his people
  5. إِلَّآillāexcept
  6. أَنanthat
  7. قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said
  8. أَخْرِجُوهُمakhrijūhumDrive them out
  9. مِّنminof
  10. قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖqaryatikumyour town
  11. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
  12. أُنَاسٌunāsun(are) people
  13. يَتَطَهَّرُونَyataṭahharūnawho keep themselves pure

Tafsir (commentary) of 7:82

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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's anuses and women's anuses!" Similar was narrated from Ibn `Abbas.

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