Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
And the people of the city came [unto Lot], rejoicing at the glad tiding
M. M. Pickthall
And the people of the city came, rejoicing at the news (of new arrivals)
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
The inhabitants of the city came in (mad) joy (at news of the young men)
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
And there came the men of the city, rejoicing.
Safi Kaskas
The people of the town came [to Lot] hoping to have fun [with the strangers]
Wahiduddin Khan
The people of the town came along, revelling
Shakir
And the people of the town came rejoicing
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
The people of the city drew near rejoicing at the good tidings.
T.B.Irving
The people of the city came up gay with the news.
Abdul Hye
And the people of the city came (to Lot’s house) rejoicing (at the news of the 2 young male visitors).
The Study Quran
And the people of the city came, rejoicing
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
And the people of the city came rejoicing.
Talal Itani (2012)
And the people of the town came joyfully
Dr. Kamal Omar
And there came the residents of the town rejoicing (to get hold of the ‘young men’)
The people of the town came rejoicing to the house of Lot when they heard the news of those two young male visitors
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And the population of the city came (to witness) the glad tidings
Muhammad Sarwar
The people of the town rejoicingl
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
And the people of the city came rejoicing
Shabbir Ahmed
(As this conversation was taking place), people of the town came rejoicing in anticipation. (They thought that these Messengers would make for them permissible what Lot had been declaring non-permissible)
Dr. Munir Munshey
The people of the town came (to Loot) rejoicing
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And the people of the city (with its evil ways) rushed over in (perverse and sinful) joy (at news of the young men as the messengers.
And the people of the city came rejoicing
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And the people of the city came seeking good news
Abdel Haleem
The people of the town came along, revelling
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And there came the people of the city rejoicin
Ahmed Ali
Then came the people of the city, exulting at the news
Aisha Bewley
The people of the city came, exulting at the news.
Ali Ünal
The people of the city came rejoicing at the news (that some handsome guests had arrived)
Ali Quli Qara'i
The people of the city came, rejoicing
Hamid S. Aziz
Then the people of the city came, glad at the tidings (of the arrival of the young men)
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
And the people of the city came joyfully.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
The inhabitants of the city came gaily
Musharraf Hussain
The people of the town came excitedly to Lut’s home .
Maududi
In the meantime the people of the city came to Lot rejoicing
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Andthe people of the city came seeking good news.
Mohammad Shafi
And the people of the town came to him rejoicing
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And the residents of the city came rejoicing.
The people of the city came joyfully.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
The people of the city came to him rejoicing
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And the people of the town came rejoicing
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And the city's/town's people came cheerful/rejoicing ."
Bijan Moeinian
Meanwhile the people of the town rushed joyfully to the house of Lot (to have fun with his guests.
Faridul Haque
And the people of the city came rejoicing. (* To the house of Prophet Lut.
Sher Ali
And the people of the city came rejoicing
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And the people of the city (possessed by their lust) approached (Lut [Lot]), rejoicing
Amatul Rahman Omar
And the residents of the city came rejoicing (to the house of Lot)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And the inhabitants of the city came rejoicing (at the news of the young mens arrival)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And the people of the city came celebrating.
Munir Mezyed
The people of the city came rejoicing.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And the people of the town came rejoicing.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
The people of the city came merrily. [They wanted to commit indecent acts with Allah’s messengers.]
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
And the people of the town came anticipating glad tidings.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
The people of the city came up joyful with the news.
Samy Mahdy
And the city’s inhabitants came cheerful.
Sayyid Qutb
The people of the city came [to Lot] rejoicing [at the news of the young people].
Ahmed Hulusi
And the people of the city came rejoicing.
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
And the inhabitants of the town came rejoicing.
In the interim, there came the city dwellers displaying their gasp of pleasure and joyous delight at the thought of the presence of young men
Mir Aneesuddin
And the people of the city came rejoicing.
The Wise Quran
And the people of the city came, glad at the news.