15. Hixhr · verses 54–59

قَالَ أَبَشَّرۡتُمُونِي عَلَىٰٓ أَن مَّسَّنِيَ ٱلۡكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ

Qala abashshartumoonee AAala an massaniya alkibaru fabima tubashshirooni

He said: "Do ye give me glad tidings that old age has seized me? Of what, then, is your good news?"

قَالُواْ بَشَّرۡنَٰكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡقَٰنِطِينَ

Qaloo bashsharnaka bialhaqqi fala takun mina alqaniteena

They said: "We give thee glad tidings in truth: be not then in despair!"

قَالَ وَمَن يَقۡنَطُ مِن رَّحۡمَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ

Qala waman yaqnatu min rahmati rabbihi illa alddalloona

He said: "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord, but such as go astray?"

قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ

Qala fama khatbukum ayyuha almursaloona

Abraham said: "What then is the business on which ye (have come), O ye messengers (of Allah)?"

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّآ أُرۡسِلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمٖ مُّجۡرِمِينَ

Qaloo inna orsilna ila qawmin mujrimeena

They said: "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin,

إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ

Illa ala lootin inna lamunajjoohum ajmaAAeena

"Excepting the adherents of Lut: them we are certainly (charged) to save (from harm),- All -