Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)
instead of women?!
Rather you are a senseless lot!’
56 But the only answer of his people was that they said,
‘Expel Lot’s family from your town!
They are indeed a puritanical lot.’
57 So We delivered him and his family, except his wife.
We ordained her to be
among those who remained behind.
58 Then We poured down upon them a rain [of stones].
So evil was the rain of those who were warned!
59 Say, ‘All praise belongs to Allah,
and Peace be to His servants
whom He has chosen.’
Is Allah better, or the partners they ascribe [to Him]?
60 Is He who created the heavens and the earth,
and sends down for you water from the sky,
whereby We grow delightful gardens,
whose trees you could never cause to grow…?1
What! Is there a god besides Allah?
Rather they are a lot who equate [others with Allah].
61 Is He who made the earth an abode [for you],
and made rivers [flowing] through it,
and set firm mountains for it,
and set a barrier between the two seas…?
What! Is there a god besides Allah?
Rather most of them do not know.
62 Is He who answers the call of the distressed [person]
1 Ellipsis. The omitted phrase here and in the following verses (61-64) is ‘better or the partners they ascribe to Him.’
