They said: "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin,
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"Excepting the adherents of Lut: them we are certainly (charged) to save (from harm),- All -
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"Except his wife, who, We have ascertained, will be among those who will lag behind."
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At length when the messengers arrived among the adherents of Lut,
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He said: "Ye appear to be uncommon folk."
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They said: "Yea, we have come to thee to accomplish that of which they doubt.
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"We have brought to thee that which is inevitably due, and assuredly we tell the truth.
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"Then travel by night with thy household, when a portion of the night (yet remains), and do thou bring up the rear: let no
one amongst you look back, but pass on whither ye are ordered."
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And We made known this decree to him, that the last remnants of those (sinners) should be cut off by the morning.
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The inhabitants of the city came in (mad) joy (at news of the young men).