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So when the messenger-angels came to the family of Lot,

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he said, “You must be strangers!”

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They responded, “We have come to you with that ˹torment˺ which they have doubted.

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We come to you with the truth, and we are certainly truthful.

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So travel with your family in the dark of night, and follow ˹closely˺ behind them. Do not let any of you look back, and go where you are commanded.”

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We revealed to him this decree: “Those ˹sinners˺ will be uprooted in the morning.”

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And there came the men of the city, rejoicing.

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Lot pleaded, “Indeed, these are my guests, so do not embarrass me.

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Fear Allah and do not humiliate me.”

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They responded, “Have we not forbidden you from protecting anyone?”

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