The Heights, The Elevated Places 7:82

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Arabic English Morphology
وَمَا wamā
And not Prep
كَانَ kāna
was V
جَوَابَ jawāba
(the) answer Noun
(of) his people Noun
except Prep
أَن an
that Prep
they said V
Drive them out V
مِّن min
of Prep
your town Noun
Indeed, they Prep
أُنَاسٌ unāsun
(are) people Noun
يَتَطَهَّرُونَ yataṭahharūna
who keep themselves pure V

The only response his people gave was to say [to one another], ‘Drive them out of your town! These men want to keep themselves chaste!’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوۡمِهِۦۤ إِلَّاۤ أَن قَالُوۤا۟ أَخۡرِجُوهُم مِّن قَرۡیَتِكُمۡۖ إِنَّهُمۡ أُنَاسࣱ یَتَطَهَّرُونَ ۝٨٢

wamā kāna jawāba qawmihi illā an qālū akhrijūhum min qaryatikum innahum unāsun yataṭahharūn