وَجَآءَهُۥ قَوۡمُهُۥ يُهۡرَعُونَ إِلَيۡهِ وَمِن قَبۡلُ كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِي هُنَّ أَطۡهَرُ لَكُمۡۖ فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخۡزُونِ فِي ضَيۡفِيٓۖ أَلَيۡسَ مِنكُمۡ رَجُلٞ رَّشِيدٞ ٧٨
Wa jāʾahū qawmuhū yuhraʿūna ilayhi wa min qablu kānū yaʿmalūnas-sayyiʾāt, qāla yāqawmi hāʾulāʾi banātī hunna aṭharu lakum, fattaqullāha wa lā tukhzūni fī ḍayfī, alaysa minkum rajulur rashīd.
And his people came hastening to him, and before [this] they had been doing evil deeds.1 He said, "O my people, these are my daughters;2 they are purer for you. So fear Allāh and do not disgrace me concerning my guests. Is there not among you a man of reason?"
Translation: Sahih International
Footnotes (2)
- Referring to their practice of sodomy and homosexual rape of males.
- i.e., the women of his community who were available for marriage.