:52. When they entered his presence and said, "Peace!" He said, "We feel afraid of you!"
:53. They said: "Fear not! We give thee glad tidings of a son endowed with wisdom."
:54. He said: "Do ye give me glad tidings that old age has seized me? Of what, then, is your good news?"
:55. They said: "We give thee glad tidings in truth: be not then in despair!"
:56. He said: "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord, but such as go astray?"
:57. Abraham said: "What then is the business on which ye (have come), O ye messengers (of Allah)?"
:58. They said: "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin,
:59. "Excepting the adherents of Lut: them we are certainly (charged) to save (from harm),- All -
:60. "Except his wife, who, We have ascertained, will be among those who will lag behind."
:61. At length when the messengers arrived among the adherents of Lut,
:62. He said: "Ye appear to be uncommon folk."
:63. They said: "Yea, we have come to thee to accomplish that of which they doubt.
:64. "We have brought to thee that which is inevitably due, and assuredly we tell the truth.
:65. "Then travel by night with thy household, when a portion of the night (yet remains), and do thou bring up the rear: let no one amongst you look back, but pass on whither ye are ordered."
:66. And We made known this decree to him, that the last remnants of those (sinners) should be cut off by the morning.
:67. The inhabitants of the city came in (mad) joy (at news of the young men).
:68. Lut said: "These are my guests: disgrace me not:
:69. "But fear Allah, and shame me not."
:70. They said: "Did we not forbid thee (to speak) for all and sundry?"
