And there were in the city nine persons who committed excesses in the land and did not that which is right.
They said, "Swear ye to one another by God that we will surely fall on him and on his family by night: then will be say to the avenger of blood, we witnessed not the destruction of his family: and verily we speak the truth."
And they devised a device, and we devised a device, and they were not aware of it-
And see what was the end of their device! We destroyed them and their whole people:
And for their sin these their houses are empty ruins: Verily in this is a sign to those who understand;
And we delivered those who believed and feared.
And Lot, when he said to his people, "What! proceed ye to such filthiness with your eyes open?
What! come ye with lust unto men rather than to women? Surely ye are an ignorant people."
And the answer of his people was but to say, "Cast out the family of Lot from your city: they, forsooth, are men of purity!"
So we rescued him and his family: but as for his wife, we decreed her to be of them that lingered: