Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Exclaimed [Lot]: "Behold, these are my guests: so put me not to shame
M. M. Pickthall
He said: Lo! they are my guests. Affront me not
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Lut said: "These are my guests: disgrace me not
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Lot pleaded, “Indeed, these are my guests, so do not embarrass me.
Safi Kaskas
[Lot] said, "These are my guests. Do not humiliate me "
Wahiduddin Khan
and he told them, These are my guests, so do not disgrace me
Shakir
He said: Surely these are my guests, therefore do not disgrace me
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Lot said: Truly, these are my guests, so put me not to shame.
T.B.Irving
He said: "These are my guests so do not disgrace me.
Abdul Hye
(Lot) said: “Surely! These are my guests, so don’t disgrace me.
The Study Quran
He said, “Truly these are my guests; so dishonor me not
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
He pleaded, “These are my guests; don’t dishonor me.”
Talal Itani (2012)
He said, 'These are my guests, so do not embarrass me.'
Dr. Kamal Omar
(Prophet Lout) said: “Verily, all these are guests to me, so embarrass me not
Lot said: "They are my guests, so do not disgrace me
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
He said, "Surely these are my guests; so do not put me to shame
Muhammad Sarwar
rushed towards the house of Lot. Lot said to them, "These are my guests. Do not disgrace me
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
He (LuT) said, .They are my guests; so do not put me to shame
Shabbir Ahmed
Lot said, "Behold, these are my guests; so do not embarrass me."
Dr. Munir Munshey
He said, "They are my guests. Do not disgrace me!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
[Lut, (Lot)] said: "Verily, these are my guests: And so do not shame me
[Lot] said, "Indeed, these are my guests, so do not shame me
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
He said: "These are my guests, so do not embarrass me!"
Abdel Haleem
and he told them, ‘These are my guests, do not disgrace me
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
He said: verily these are my guests, so disgace me not
Ahmed Ali
Said Lot: "These are my guests; do not put me to shame
Aisha Bewley
He said, ´These are my guests so do not put me to shame.
Ali Ünal
Lot said: "They are my guests; so do not put me to shame
Ali Quli Qara'i
He said, ‘These are indeed my guests. Do not bring dishonour on me
Hamid S. Aziz
Said Lot, "Verily, these are my guests, therefore disgrace me not
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
He said: “Indeed these are my guests, so do not disgrace me,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Lot said, “These are my guests, do not disgrace me
Musharraf Hussain
Lut told them, “These are my guests, so don’t shame me.
Maududi
He said: "These are my guests, so do not disgrace me
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
He said: "These are my guests, so do not embarrass me!"
Mohammad Shafi
He said, "These are my guests! Disgrace me not."
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Lut said 'These are my guests, therefore disgrace me not.'
He said, "These are my guests; do not embarrass me.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
He said: 'These are my guests; do not shame me
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He said: These are my guests, so disgrace me not
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
He said: "That those (are) my guests, so do not expose my faults (scandalize me)."
Bijan Moeinian
He said: “These are my guests; do not embarrass me.”
Faridul Haque
He said, "These are my guests - do not dishonour me."
Sher Ali
He said, `These are my guests, so put me not to shame
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Lut (Lot) said: ‘Surely, they are my guests, so do not put me to shame (about them)
Amatul Rahman Omar
(Lot) said, `Surely, these are my guests, therefore do not put me to shame (by your disrespectful behaviour towards them)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
(Lout (Lot)) said: "Verily! these are my guests, so shame me not
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
He [Lot] said, “These indeed are my guests therefore do not put me to shame.
Munir Mezyed
‘Lot said: ‘Indeed, these are my guests, thus, don’t disgrace me
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
He said: these are my guests, so do not dishonour me.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
(Lot) said, “Certainly, these are my guests. Do not disgrace me.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
He said, “Indeed, these are my guests, so do not embarrass me,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
He said: "These are my guests so do not disgrace me.
Samy Mahdy
He said, “Surely these are my guests, so do not scandalize me.”
Sayyid Qutb
Said he: 'These are my guests: so do not put me to shame.
Ahmed Hulusi
(Lot) said, “These people are my guests... So do not shame me.”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
He said: 'Verily these are my guests, therefore do not disgrace me'.
"These are my guests", said Lut, "I beg of you not to bring shame or discredit upon me"
Mir Aneesuddin
He said, "They are certainly my guests so do not defame me
The Wise Quran
He said, 'Indeed, these are my guests, therefore do not disgrace me;