unto his folk: Lo! ye commit
lewdness such as no creature did before you.

S: And (We sent) Lut when he said to his people: Most surely you are
guilty of an indecency which none of the nations has ever done before
you;

029.029
Y: "Do ye indeed approach men, and cut off the highway?- and practise
wickedness (even) in your councils?" But his people gave no answer but
this: they said: "Bring us the Wrath of Allah if thou tellest the
truth."

P: For come ye not in unto males, and cut ye not the road (for
travellers), and commit ye not abomination in your meetings? But the
answer of his folk was only that they said: Bring Allah's doom upon us
if thou art a truthteller!

S: What! do you come to the males and commit robbery on the highway, and
you commit evil deeds in your assemblies? But nothing was the answer of
his people except that they said: Bring on us Allah's punishment, if
you are one of the truthful.

029.030
Y: He said: "O my Lord! help Thou me against people who do mischief!"

P: He said: My Lord! Give me victory over folk who work corruption.

S: He said: My Lord! help me against the mischievous people.

029.031
Y: When Our Messengers came to Abraham with the good news, they said:
"We are indeed going to destroy the people of this township: for truly
they are (addicted to) crime."

P: And when Our messengers brought Abraham the good news, they said: Lo!
we are about to destroy the people of that township, for its people are
wrong-doers.

S: And when Our messengers came to Ibrahim with the good news, they
said: Surely we are going to destroy the people of this town, for its
people are unjust.

029.032
Y: He said: "But there is Lut there." They said: "Well do we know who is
there: we will certainly save him and his following,- except his wife:
she is of those who lag behind!"

P: He said: Lo! Lot is there. They said: We are best aware of who is
there. We are to deliver him and his household, all save his wife, who
is of those who stay behind.

S: He said: Surely in it is Lut. They said: We know well who is in it;
we shall certainly deliver him and his followers, except his wife; she
shall be of those who remain behind.

029.033
Y: And when Our Messengers came to Lut, he was grieved on their account,
and felt himself powerless (to protect) them: but they said: "Fear thou
not, nor grieve: we are (here) to save thee and thy following, except
thy wife: she is of those who lag behind."

P: And