﴿ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍۢ مُّجْرِمِينَ ﴾

“They answered: “Behold, we have been sent unto a people lost in sin,”

(They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk) idolatrous folk who brought ruin upon themselves because of engaging in an abominable act; referring here to the folk of Lot,