Surat Adh-Dhāriyāt - سورة الذاريات

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ

: [Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Then for what purpose you have come, O Messengers?"

قَالُوا إِنَّا أُرْسِلْنَا إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ

: They said: "We have been sent to a people who are Mujrimun (polytheists, sinners, criminals, disbelievers in Allah);

لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ

: To send down upon them stones of baked clay.

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ

: Marked by your Lord for the Musrifun (polytheists, criminals, sinners those who trespass Allah's set limits in evil-doings by committing great sins).

فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

: So We brought out from therein the believers.

فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

: But We found not there any household of the Muslims except one [i.e. Lout (Lot) and his two daughters].

وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَا آيَةً لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ

: And We have left there a sign (i.e. the place of the Dead Sea , well-known in Palestine) for those who fear the painful torment.