now there were in the city nine men who were wont to commit deeds of depravity all over the land and would not reform after having bound one another by an oath in gods name they said indeed we shall suddenly fall upon him and his household by night and then we shall boldly say to his next of kin we did not witness the destruction of his household and behold we are indeed men of truth!
وكان في المدينة تسعة رهط يفسدون في الأرض ولا يصلحون قالوا تقاسموا بالله لنبيتنه وأهله ثم لنقولن لوليه ما شهدنا مهلك أهله وإنا لصادقون