Al-A'raaf 7:82
The Heights · ayah 82 of 206
وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَخْرِجُوهُم مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌۭ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ
Wama kana jawabaqawmihi illa an qaloo akhrijoohum min qaryatikuminnahum onasun yatatahharoon
"But the answer of his people was only that they said, "Evict them from your city! Indeed, they are men who keep themselves pure.""
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"The only response his people gave was to say [to one another], ‘Drive them out of your town! These men want to keep themselves chaste!’"
Pickthall (classic)+
"And the answer of his people was only that they said (one to another): Turn them out of your township. They are folk, forsooth, who keep pure."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"And his people gave no answer but this: they said, "Drive them out of your city: these are indeed men who want to be clean and pure!""