Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of The Glorious Koran. An Explanatory Translation (1930)
(for travellers), and commit ye not abomination in your meetings? But trie answer of his folk was only that they said: Bring Allah’s doom upon us if thou art a truth-teller!
30. He said: My Lord I Give me victory over folk who work corruption.
31. And when Our messengers brought Abraham the good news 1, they said: Lo! we are about to destroy the people of that township, for its people are wrong-doers.
32. 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.
33. And when Our messengers came unto Lot, he was troubled upon their account, for he could not protect them; but they said: Fear not, nor grieve! Lo! we are to deliver thee and thy household, (all) save thy wife, who is of those who stay behind.
34. Lo! we are about to bring down upon the folk of this township a fury from the sky because they are evil-livers.
35. And verily of that We have left a clear sign for people who have sense.
36. And unto Midian We sent Shu‘eyb, their brother. He said: O my people! Serve Allah, and look forward to the Last Day, and do not evil, making mischief, in the earth.
37. But they denied him, and the dreadful earthquake took them, and morning found them prostrate in their dwellingplace.
38. And (the tribes of) A‘âd and Thamûd! (Their fate) is manifest unto you from their (ruined and deserted) dwellings. Satan made their deeds seem fair unto them and so debarred them from the Way, though they were keen observers.
39. And Korah, Pharaoh and Haman! Moses came unto them with clear proofs (of Allah’s sovereignty), but they
1 That he was to have a son.
