Quote:
{51:31} [Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"
Ali Ünal got that one translated perfectly. I suggest,
{51:31} [Abraham] said, "So, what is your concern, O envoys?"Quote:
{51:32} They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals
I suggest,
{51:32} They said, "Verily, we have been sent to a criminal folk,Quote:
{51:33} To send down upon them stones of clay,
I suggest,
{51:33} To send upon them stones of mud,Quote:
{51:34} Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors."
I suggest,
{51:34} Targeted by name, in God's presence, for the excessive."Quote:
{51:35} So We brought out whoever was in the cities of the believers.
I suggest,
{51:35} So We brought out whoever was in it (the condemned town) of the believers.Quote:
{51:36} And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims.
I suggest,
{51:36} And We did not find in it other than a [single] house of Muslims.Quote:
{51:37} And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.
I suggest,
{51:37} And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful torment.