Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
They answered: “Behold, we have been sent unto a people lost in sin
M. M. Pickthall
They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
They said, "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin;
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
They replied, “We have actually been sent to a wicked people,
Safi Kaskas
They said, " We have been sent to a dissenting people
Wahiduddin Khan
They replied, We have been sent to a sinful people
Shakir
They said: Surely we are sent to a guilty people
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
They said: That we were sent to a folk, ones who sin,
T.B.Irving
They said: "We have been sent to a criminal folk,
Abdul Hye
They said: “We have been sent to a criminal people (of prophet Lot, who were homosexuals)
The Study Quran
They said, “We have been sent unto a guilty people
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
They replied, “We’ve been sent to a guilty people.
Talal Itani (2012)
They said, 'We are sent to a people guilty of sin.'
Dr. Kamal Omar
(The angels) said: “Surely we, we have been sent to the nation of sinners
They replied: "We have been sent to a guilty nation (people of Lot, who were homosexuals)
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
They said, "Surely we have been sent to a criminal people
Muhammad Sarwar
They replied, "We have been sent to a sinful peopl
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
They said, .We are sent to a guilty people, (i.e. the people of Sodom
Shabbir Ahmed
They replied, "Behold, We have been sent to a guilty folk who violate human rights
Dr. Munir Munshey
They said, "We have been sent towards a criminal nation, (the people of Loot)."
Syed Vickar Ahamed
They said, "We have been sent to a people who are criminals in (deep sin)—
They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminal
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
They said: "We have been sent to a criminal people."
Abdel Haleem
They said, ‘We are sent to a people lost in sin
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
They said: verily we are sent Unto a people, guilty
Ahmed Ali
They said: "We have been sent to a wicked peopl
Aisha Bewley
They said, ´We have been sent to a people of evildoers
Ali Ünal
They said: "Indeed, we have been sent to a people who are all criminals
Ali Quli Qara'i
They said, ‘We have been sent toward a guilty people
Hamid S. Aziz
They said, "Surely we are sent to a guilty people
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
They said: “We are sent to a guilty people,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
They said, “We have been sent to a people in sin
Musharraf Hussain
They replied, “We’ve been sent to the wicked people,
Maududi
They replied: "Behold, we have been sent to a wicked peopl
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
They said: "We have been sent to a criminal people."
Mohammad Shafi
They replied, "We have indeed been sent towards a sinning people."
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
They said, 'We have been sent to a sinful people.
They said, "We have been dispatched to criminal people.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
They replied: 'We are sent to a sinful nation
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They said: We have been sent to a guilty peopl
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
They said: "That we, we were sent to a nation committing crimes/sins."
Bijan Moeinian
They replied: “We are sent to punish the guilty people [of Prophet Lot].”
Faridul Haque
They said, “We have been sent towards a guilty nation.”
Sher Ali
They said, `We have been sent to a sinful people
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
They said: ‘We have been sent to the evildoing people (the people of Lut [Lot])
Amatul Rahman Omar
They said, `We have been sent towards a guilty people who have severed their ties (with God)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
They said: "We have been sent to a people who are Mujrimoon (polytheists, sinners, criminals, disbelievers in Allah)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
They said, “We have been sent to a people who are evildoers.
Munir Mezyed
They said: "We have been sent (by Allâh) to a group of Ungodly Sinners
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
They said: we were sent to the sinful people.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
They said, “Indeed, We have been sent to a sinful people.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
They said, “We have been sent to a criminal people,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
They said: "We have been sent to a criminal folk,
Samy Mahdy
They said, “We have been sent to a criminal kinfolk.”
Ahmed Hulusi
They said, “Indeed, we have been disclosed for a guilty people!”
Mir Aneesuddin
They said, “We are sent to a criminal people
They said: " we have been sent to a sinful people who willfully violated all religious and moral principles"
The Wise Quran
They said, 'Indeed we, we have been sent to sinful people,