Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Said they: “Indeed, If thou desist not, O Lot, thou wilt most certainly be expelled [from this township]!”
M. M. Pickthall
They said: If thou cease not, O Lot, thou wilt soon be of the outcast
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
They said: "If thou desist not, O Lut! thou wilt assuredly be cast out!"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
They threatened, “If you do not desist, O Lot, you will surely be expelled.”
Safi Kaskas
They said, “If you do not stop this, Lot, you will surely be kicked out.”
Wahiduddin Khan
They said, If you do not desist, Lot, you will surely be banished
Shakir
They said: If you desist not, O Lut! you shall surely be of those who are expelled
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
They said: If thou hast not refrained thyself, O Lot, thou wilt, certainly, be among ones who are driven out.
T.B.Irving
They said; "If you do not stop, Lot, you will become an exile."
Abdul Hye
They said: “If you don’t cease, O Lot! Surely, you will be one of those who are expelled!”
The Study Quran
They said, “If you cease not, O Lot, you will be among those who are expelled.
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
They replied, “If you don’t stop, O Lot, you will be among those expelled.”
Talal Itani (2012)
They said, 'Unless you refrain, O Lot, you will be expelled.'
Dr. Kamal Omar
They said: “If you do not desist (from your sermons and counsellings) O Lout, surely you become of those who have been expelled (and banished from the land) .
They replied: "If you do not stop, O Lot, you shall become one of the expelled."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
They said, "Indeed in case you do not refrain, O L?t, indeed you will definitely be of the driven out."
Muhammad Sarwar
They said, "Lot, if you do not give up preaching, you will certainly be expelled (from this town)"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
They said, .If you do not stop O LuT, you shall be included among the outcast
Shabbir Ahmed
They said, "O Lot! If you desist not, you will be driven out of the town."
Dr. Munir Munshey
They said, "If you did not stop, oh Loot, you would most certainly be expelled."
Syed Vickar Ahamed
They said: "O Lut (Lot)! If you do not stop, you will surely be one of those driven out!"
They said, "If you do not desist, O Lot, you will surely be of those evicted."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
They said: "If you do not cease O Lot, you will be among those driven out."
Abdel Haleem
but they replied, ‘Lot! If you do not stop this, you will be driven away.’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
They said: if thou desistest not, O Lut! thou shalt surely be of those driven forth
Ahmed Ali
They said: "If you do not desist, O Lot, you will be expelled (from the city)."
Aisha Bewley
They said, ´Lut, if you do not desist you will be expelled.´
Ali Ünal
They responded: "If you do not desist, you will most certainly be cast out (from our land)."
Ali Quli Qara'i
They said, ‘Lot, if you do not relinquish, you will surely be banished.’
Hamid S. Aziz
They said, "Surely, if you do not desist, O Lot! you shall be of those who are expelled!"
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
They said: “Lot, if you do not stop, you shall be of those driven out.”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
They said, “If you do not pull back, O Lot, you will surely be driven out.
Musharraf Hussain
They said, “If you don’t stop preaching Lut, you will be exiled.”
Maududi
They said: "O Lot! If you do not desist, you will be one of those expelled (from our towns)."
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Theysaid: "If you do not cease O Lot, you will be among those driven out."
Mohammad Shafi
They said, "Verily, O Lot, you will certainly be expelled if you desist not!"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
They said, O Lut', if you desist not, then you shall necessarily be expelled out.
They said, "Unless you refrain, O Lot, you will be banished."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
'Lot, ' they replied, 'if you do not desist, you shall be thrown out.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They said: If thou desist not, O Lot, thou wilt surely be banished
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
They said: "If (E) you do not end/terminate/stop, you Lot, you will be/become (E) from the brought/driven out ."
Bijan Moeinian
They replied “If you do not stop preaching us, like the preachers before you, we will expel you out .”
Faridul Haque
They said, “O Lut, if you do not desist, you will be expelled.”
Sher Ali
They said, `If thou desist not, O Lot, thou wilt surely be banished.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
They said: ‘O Lut (Lot), if you do not stop (saying these things), you will surely become of the exiled.
Amatul Rahman Omar
They said, `If you desist not (of admonishing us for sodomy) O Lot! you shall indeed be of the banished ones.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
They said: "If you cease not. O Lout (Lot)! Verily, you will be one of those who are driven out!"
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
They said, “If you refrain not O Lot! You will most certainly be of those who are expelled.”
Munir Mezyed
They said: ‘If it happens that you don’t stop (this nonsense), O’ Lot, you will surely be of those who are outcast’.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
They said: if you do not stop, oh Lut (Lot), you will be expelled.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
They said, “If you do not stop, O Lot, you will certainly be thrown out.”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
They said, “Unless you refrain, O Lot, you will most surely be of those evicted.”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
They said; "If you do not stop, Lot, you will become an exile."
Samy Mahdy
They said, “If you don't end O Lot, you will be from those who are driven out.”
Sayyid Qutb
Said they: 'Lot! If you will not desist, you will most certainly be expelled.'
Ahmed Hulusi
They said, “O Lot, if you do not desist (your lecturing) you will surely be driven out (of here)!”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
They said: 'If you desist not, O L?t! you shall surely be of those who are expelled'
"We warn you Lut", they said, "unless you change your way of thinking and stop -this course of action- you shall be among those ousted from this town and ejected from our society"
Mir Aneesuddin
They said, "If you do not desist, O Lut! you will definitely be of those who are driven out."
The Wise Quran
They said, 'Surely, if you do not desist, O Lot! Surely, you will definitely be of those who are driven out.'