82وَما كانَ جَوابَ قَومِهِ إِلّا أَن قالوا أَخرِجوهُم مِن قَريَتِكُم ۖ إِنَّهُم أُناسٌ يَتَطَهَّرونَMuhammad AsadBut his people's only answer was this:1 "Expel them from your land! Verily, they are folk who make themselves out to be pure !2Lit., "their answer was nothing but that they said".Lit., "who purify themselves"; also, "who keep aloof from unclean things": here obviously used ironically. The plural relates to Lot, his family and his followers (cf. 27:56).