فَراغَ إِلىٰ أَهلِهِ فَجاءَ بِعِجلٍ سَمينٍ
Then he went to his family and brought a fattened calf.
فَقَرَّبَهُ إِلَيهِم قالَ أَلا تَأكُلونَ
He placed it before them and said, “Will you not eat?”
فَأَوجَسَ مِنهُم خيفَةً ۖ قالوا لا تَخَف ۖ وَبَشَّروهُ بِغُلامٍ عَليمٍ
Sensing their discomfort, they reassured him, “Fear not.” And they gave him the good news of a knowledgeable son.
فَأَقبَلَتِ امرَأَتُهُ في صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّت وَجهَها وَقالَت عَجوزٌ عَقيمٌ
His wife approached in astonishment, slapped her face, and said, “A barren old woman?”
قالوا كَذٰلِكِ قالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الحَكيمُ العَليمُ
They responded, “So said your Lord. Indeed, He is the Wise, the Knowing.”
قالَ فَما خَطبُكُم أَيُّهَا المُرسَلونَ
He asked, “What’s your business, O messengers?”
قالوا إِنّا أُرسِلنا إِلىٰ قَومٍ مُجرِمينَ
They replied, “We’ve been sent to a guilty people.
لِنُرسِلَ عَلَيهِم حِجارَةً مِن طينٍ
To unleash upon them stones of clay.
مُسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلمُسرِفينَ
Marked by your Lord for the transgressors.”
فَأَخرَجنا مَن كانَ فيها مِنَ المُؤمِنينَ
So, we evacuated those of the believers who were there.
فَما وَجَدنا فيها غَيرَ بَيتٍ مِنَ المُسلِمينَ
In it, we found only one household of the submissive.