The Spider
29. Al-ʿAnkabūt
العنكبوت
Page #400
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قَالَ
إِنَّ
فِيهَا
لُوطًا
قَالُوا
نَحْنُ
أَعْلَمُ
بِمَن
فِيهَا
لَنُنَجِّيَنَّهُ
وَأَهْلَهُ
إِلَّا
امْرَأَتَهُ
كَانَتْ
مِنَ
الْغَابِرِينَ
qāla ʾinna fīhā lūṭan qālū naḥnu ʾaʿlamu bi-man fīhā la-nunajjiyannahū wa-ʾahlahū ʾillā mraʾatahū kānat mina l-ghābirīna
He said, ‘Lot is in it.’ They said, ‘We know better those who are in it. We will surely deliver him and his family, except his wife: she shall be one of those who remain behind.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
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!"