67 Preface وَجاءَ أَهلُ المَدينَةِ يَستَبشِرونَYusuf AliThe inhabitants of the city came in (mad) joy (at news of the young men).1They were addicted to unnatural crime, and the news of the advent of handsome young men inflamed them. How true it is that at the very verge of destruction, men rush blindly to their fate, and cut off any last hope of repentance and mercy for themselves. Cf. 15:72 below.