وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
Wa 'amtarnaa 'alaihim mataran fanzur kaifa kaana aaqibatul mujjrimeen
And We rained upon them a rain [of stones]. Then see how was the end of the criminals.
اور ہم نے ان پر (پتھروں کا) مینھ برسایا۔ سو دیکھ لو کہ گنہگاروں کا کیسا انجام ہوا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In the fifth verse (84), the punishment which came on these people has been described in a few words - that an unusual rain was sent upon them. The details of this punishment appear in Surah Had where it is said:
فَلَمَّا جَاءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We rained upon them a rain the stones of baked clay hijārat al-sijjīl and it destroyed them. So behold what was the end of the sinners!
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah says, We saved Lut and his family, for only his household believed in him.
Allah said in another Ayah,
فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ - فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
(So We brought out from therein the believers. But We found not there any househ...
فَلَمَّا رَءَآ أَيْدِيَهُمْ لَا تَصِلُ إِلَيْهِ نَكِرَهُمْ وَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِ لُوطٍ
Falammaa ra aaa aidiyahum laa tasilu ilaihi nakirahum wa awjasa minhum kheefah; qaaloo la takhaf innaaa ursilnaaa ilaa qawmi Loot
But when he saw their hands not reaching for it, he distrusted them and felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not. We have been sent to the people of Lot."
جب دیکھا کہ ان کے ہاتھ کھانے کی طرف نہیں جاتے (یعنی وہ کھانا نہیں کھاتے) تو ان کو اجنبی سمجھ کر دل میں خوف کیا۔ (فرشتوں نے) کہا کہ خوف نہ کیجیے، ہم قوم لوط کی طرف (ان کے ہلاک کرنے کو) بھیجے گئے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 70, it was said: فَلَمَّا رَأَىٰ أَيْدِيَهُمْ لَا تَصِلُ إِلَيْهِ نَكِرَهُمْ (So, when he noticed their hands not reaching for it, he found them strange and felt a bit of fright from them).
From here we learn that there are rules of etiquette for guests as well. A guest should accept what...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And when he saw their hands not reaching to it he was suspicious of them and conceived he kept secret in himself a fear of them. They said ‘Fear not. Lo! we have been sent to the people of Lot’ to destroy them.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Coming of the Angels to Ibrahim and Their Glad Tidings to Him of Ishaq and Ya`qub
Allah, the Exalted, says,
وَلَقَدْ جَآءَتْ رُسُلُنَآ
(And verily, there came Our messengers) The word "messengers" here means angels.
إِبْرَهِيمَ بِالْبُشْرَى
(to Ibrahim with the glad tidings.) It has been said th...
فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ عَنْ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلرَّوْعُ وَجَآءَتْهُ ٱلْبُشْرَىٰ يُجَٰدِلُنَا فِى قَوْمِ لُوطٍ
Falammaa zahaba an Ibraaheemar raw'u wa jaaa'at hul bushraaa yujaadilunaa fee qawmi Loot
And when the fright had left Abraham and the good tidings had reached him, he began to argue with Us concerning the people of Lot.
جب ابراہیم سے خوف جاتا رہا اور ان کو خوشخبری بھی مل گئی تو قوم لوط کے بارے میں لگے ہم سے بحث کرنے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
Surah Hud (علیہ السلام) carries an account of different kinds of Divine punishments sent over past peoples because of their antagonism to prophets of the time. Described in the verses cited above is the moral condition of the people of Sayyidna Lut (علیہ السلام) and the severe punishment ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And when the awe the fear departed from Abraham and the good tiding came to him of a child he began to plead with Us pleading with Our messengers concerning the matter of the people of Lot.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Dispute of Ibrahim over the People of Lut
Allah, the Exalted, informs of what happened after the fright of Ibrahim left him and he felt no more fear of the angels when they refused to eat. After this, they gave him the glad tidings of the birth of a son and the destruction of the people of Lut. ...
يَٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ أَعْرِضْ عَنْ هَٰذَآ إِنَّهُۥ قَدْ جَآءَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ وَإِنَّهُمْ ءَاتِيهِمْ عَذَابٌ غَيْرُ مَرْدُودٍ
Yaaa Ibraaheemu a'rid 'an haazaaa innahoo qad jaaa'a amru Rabbika wa innahum aateehim 'azaabun ghairun mardood
[The angels said], "O Abraham, give up this [plea]. Indeed, the command of your Lord has come, and indeed, there will reach them a punishment that cannot be repelled."
اے ابراہیم اس بات کو جانے دو۔ تمہارے پروردگار کا حکم آپہنچا ہے۔ اور ان لوگوں پر عذاب آنے والا ہے جو کبھی نہیں ٹلنے کا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
Surah Hud (علیہ السلام) carries an account of different kinds of Divine punishments sent over past peoples because of their antagonism to prophets of the time. Described in the verses cited above is the moral condition of the people of Sayyidna Lut (علیہ السلام) and the severe punishment ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: When he had pleaded with them at length they said ‘O Abraham desist from this pleading. Truly your Lord’s command for their destruction has gone forth and truly there will come upon them a chastisement which cannot be repelled’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Dispute of Ibrahim over the People of Lut
Allah, the Exalted, informs of what happened after the fright of Ibrahim left him and he felt no more fear of the angels when they refused to eat. After this, they gave him the glad tidings of the birth of a son and the destruction of the people of Lut. ...
قَالُوا۟ يَٰلُوطُ إِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَن يَصِلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكَ فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَكَ إِنَّهُۥ مُصِيبُهَا مَآ أَصَابَهُمْ إِنَّ مَوْعِدَهُمُ ٱلصُّبْحُ أَلَيْسَ ٱلصُّبْحُ بِقَرِيبٍ
Qaaloo yaa Lootu innaa Rusulu Rabbika lai yasiloo ilaika fa asri bi ahlika biqit 'im minal laili wa laa yaltafit minkum ahadun illam ra ataka innahoo museebuhaa maaa asaabahum; inna maw'i dahumus subh; alaisas subhu biqareeb
The angels said, "O Lot, indeed we are messengers of your Lord; [therefore], they will never reach you. So set out with your family during a portion of the night and let not any among you look back - except your wife; indeed, she will be struck by that which strikes them. Indeed, their appointment is [for] the morning. Is not the morning near?"
فرشتوں نے کہا کہ لوط ہم تمہارے پروردگار کے فرشتے ہیں۔ یہ لوگ ہرگز تم تک نہیں پہنچ سکیں گے تو کچھ رات رہے سے اپنے گھر والوں کو لے کر چل دو اور تم میں سے کوئی شخص پیچھے پھر کر نہ دیکھے۔ مگر تمہاری بیوی کہ جو آفت ان پر پڑنے والی ہے وہی اس پر پڑے گی۔ ان کے (عذاب کے) وعدے کا وقت صبح ہے۔ اور کیا صبح کچھ دور ہے؟
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: At that time, the angels under Divine command said to Sayyidna Lut (علیہ السلام) : فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ (So, move with your family in a part of night). And asked him to instruct everyone in his family not to turn and look back with the exception of his wife because she was g...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: they said ‘O Lot truly we are messengers of your Lord. They shall not reach you with any harm so travel with your family during a part of the night and let not one of you turn round lest they see the terrible predicament that will befall them except for your wife read illā imra’atuka in the nominati...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Lut's Inability, His Desire for Strength and the Angels' Informing Him of the Reality
Allah, the Exalted says that Lut was threatening them with his statement,
لَوْ أَنَّ لِى بِكُمْ قُوَّةً
(Would that I had strength (men) to overpower you,) meaning, `I would surely have made an example of you and d...
فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ مَّنضُودٍ
Falammaa jaaa'a amrunaa ja'alnaa 'aaliyahaa saafilahaa wa amtamaa 'alaihaa hijaaratam min sijjeelim mandood
So when Our command came, We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of layered hard clay, [which were]
تو جب ہمارا حکم آیا ہم نے اس (بستی) کو (اُلٹ کر) نیچے اوپر کردیا اور ان پر پتھر کی تہہ بہ تہہ (یعنی پےدرپے) کنکریاں برسائیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: At that time, the angels under Divine command said to Sayyidna Lut (علیہ السلام) : فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ (So, move with your family in a part of night). And asked him to instruct everyone in his family not to turn and look back with the exception of his wife because she was g...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So when Our command for their destruction came to pass We made their uppermost that is their cities the nethermost — when Gabriel raised them to the sky and dropped them upside down to the earth and We rained upon them stones of baked clay clay baked in fire one after another
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Town of Lut's People is overturned and Their Destruction
Allah, the Exalted, says,
فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا
(So when Our commandment came,) This happened at sunrise.
جَعَلْنَا عَـلِيَهَا
(We turned it...) The city of Sadum (Sodom)
سَافِلَهَا
(upside down,) This is similar to Allah's statement,
ف...
وَيَٰقَوْمِ لَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شِقَاقِىٓ أَن يُصِيبَكُم مِّثْلُ مَآ أَصَابَ قَوْمَ نُوحٍ أَوْ قَوْمَ هُودٍ أَوْ قَوْمَ صَٰلِحٍ وَمَا قَوْمُ لُوطٍ مِّنكُم بِبَعِيدٍ
Wa yaa qawmi laa yajri mannakum shiqaaqeee ai yuseebakum mislu maaa asaaba qawma Noohin aw qawma Hoodin aw qawma Saalih; wa maa qawmu Lootim minkum biba'eed
And O my people, let not [your] dissension from me cause you to be struck by that similar to what struck the people of Noah or the people of Hud or the people of Salih. And the people of Lot are not from you far away.
اور اے قوم! میری مخالفت تم سے کوئی ایسا کام نہ کرادے کہ جیسی مصیبت نوح کی قوم یا ہود کی قوم یا صالح کی قوم پر واقع ہوئی تھی ویسی ہی مصیبت تم پر واقع ہو۔ اور لوط کی قوم (کا زمانہ تو) تم سے کچھ دور نہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: After having given this good counsel to them, he warned them of the punishment of Allah Ta` ala. He said:
وَيَا قَوْمِ لَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شِقَاقِي أَن يُصِيبَكُم مِّثْلُ مَا أَصَابَ قَوْمَ نُوحٍ أَوْ قَوْمَ هُودٍ أَوْ قَوْمَ صَالِحٍ ۚ وَمَا قَوْمُ لُوطٍ مِّنكُم بِبَعِيدٍ
And 0 my people, let not y...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And O my people let not the breach with me the dispute you have with me shiqāqī ‘the breach with me’ is the subject of the verb yajrimannakum ‘make you deserve’ in which the suffixed pronoun -kum ‘you’ constitutes the first direct object the second being what follows make you deserve earn you as pun...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): وَيقَوْمِ لاَ يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شِقَاقِى
(And O my people! Let not my Shiqaq cause you) This means, "Do not let your hatred and enmity of me cause you to persist in your corruption and disbelief. If you continue this way, you will suffer the same vengeance and torment that overcame Nuh's people, Hud's...
إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَآ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ
Illam ra atahoo qaddarnaaa innahaa laminal ghaabireen
Except his wife." Allah decreed that she is of those who remain behind.
البتہ ان کی عورت (کہ) اس کے لیے ہم نے ٹھہرا دیا ہے کہ وہ پیچھے رہ جائے گی
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: From verse 48: لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ (No weariness shall touch them therein nor will they be expelled from there), we learn about two features of Jannah: (1) No one shall ever feel tired or weak. This is contrary to what happens in our mortal world where har...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: except his wife — We have decreed that she indeed should be of those who will remain behind’ of those who will stay behind in the chastisement because of her unbelief.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Reason why the Angels came
Allah tells us that after Ibrahim had calmed down from the excitement of this good news, he started to ask them why they had come to him. They said,
إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَى قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ
(We have been sent to a guilty people.) meaning the people of Lut. They tol...
فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱتَّبِعْ أَدْبَٰرَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ وَٱمْضُوا۟ حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ
Fa asri bi ahlika biqit'im minal laili wattabi' adbaarahum wa laa yaltafit minkum ahadunw wamdoo haisu tu'maroon
So set out with your family during a portion of the night and follow behind them and let not anyone among you look back and continue on to where you are commanded."
تو آپ کچھ رات رہے سے اپنے گھر والوں کو لے نکلیں اور خود ان کے پیچھے چلیں اور اور آپ میں سے کوئی شخص مڑ کر نہ دیکھے۔ اور جہاں آپ کو حکم ہو وہاں چلے جایئے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: From verse 48: لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ (No weariness shall touch them therein nor will they be expelled from there), we learn about two features of Jannah: (1) No one shall ever feel tired or weak. This is contrary to what happens in our mortal world where har...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So travel with your family in a portion of the night and follow their rear walk behind them; and let none of you turn round lest he see the dreadful nature of that punishment which will be sent down on them and go whither you are commanded’ namely to Syria.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Lut is ordered to leave with His Family during the Night
Allah tells us that His angels ordered Lut to set out after part of the night had passed. They told him to walk behind them, to protect them. Similarly, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would walk in the rear of the army on military campaigns, in orde...
وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْأَمْرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَقْطُوعٌ مُّصْبِحِينَ
Wa qadainaaa ilaihi zaalikal amra anna daabira haaa'ulaaa'i maqtoo'um musbiheen
And We conveyed to him [the decree] of that matter: that those [sinners] would be eliminated by early morning.
اور ہم نے لوط کی طرف وحی بھیجی کہ ان لوگوں کی جڑ صبح ہوتے ہوتے کاٹ دی جائے گی
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: From verse 48: لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ (No weariness shall touch them therein nor will they be expelled from there), we learn about two features of Jannah: (1) No one shall ever feel tired or weak. This is contrary to what happens in our mortal world where har...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We conveyed We revealed to him the matter which was that these sinners was to be eradicated by morning musbihīn is a circumstantial qualifier in other words their annihilation will take place in the morning.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Lut is ordered to leave with His Family during the Night
Allah tells us that His angels ordered Lut to set out after part of the night had passed. They told him to walk behind them, to protect them. Similarly, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would walk in the rear of the army on military campaigns, in orde...
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ
Fa akhazat humus saihatu mushriqeen
So the shriek seized them at sunrise.
سو ان کو سورج نکلتے نکلتے چنگھاڑ نے آپکڑا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
A Great Honour for the Holy Prophet ﷺ
About the word of Allah: لَعَمرُکَ (la'amruk : By your life), the majority of commentators, as reported in Ruh al-Ma’ ani, have said that the addressee of 'la'amruka' is the Holy Prophet ﷺ . It is his life that Allah Ta’ ala has sworn by. Al-Baihaqi i...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Then the Cry the Cry of Gabriel seized them at sunrise.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Destruction of the People of Lut
Allah said;
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ
(So the Sayhah overtook them) This is the piercing sound that came to them when the sun rose, which was accompanied by the city being flipped upside down, and stones of baked clay (As-Sijjil) raining down upon them. The disc...
فَجَعَلْنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
Faja'alnaa 'aaliyahaa saafilahaa wa amtamaa 'alaihim hijaaratam min sjijjeel
And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.
اور ہم نے اس شہر کو (الٹ کر) نیچے اوپر کردیا۔ اور ان پر کھنگر کی پتھریاں برسائیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
A Great Honour for the Holy Prophet ﷺ
About the word of Allah: لَعَمرُکَ (la'amruk : By your life), the majority of commentators, as reported in Ruh al-Ma’ ani, have said that the addressee of 'la'amruka' is the Holy Prophet ﷺ . It is his life that Allah Ta’ ala has sworn by. Al-Baihaqi i...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We made their that is their cities’ topmost part their nethermost by Gabriel’s raising them the cities to the heaven and dropping them face down onto the earth and We rained on them stones of baked clay clay baked in fire.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Destruction of the People of Lut
Allah said;
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ
(So the Sayhah overtook them) This is the piercing sound that came to them when the sun rose, which was accompanied by the city being flipped upside down, and stones of baked clay (As-Sijjil) raining down upon them. The disc...
وَلُوطًا ءَاتَيْنَٰهُ حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِى كَانَت تَّعْمَلُ ٱلْخَبَٰٓئِثَ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمَ سَوْءٍ فَٰسِقِينَ
Wa Lootan aatainaahu hukmanw wa 'ilmanw wa najjainaahu minal qaryatil latee kaanat ta'malul khabaaa'is; innahum kaanoo qawma saw'in faasiqeen
And to Lot We gave judgement and knowledge, and We saved him from the city that was committing wicked deeds. Indeed, they were a people of evil, defiantly disobedient.
اور لوط (کا قصہ یاد کرو) جب ان کو ہم نے حکم (یعنی حکمت ونبوت) اور علم بخشا اور اس بستی سے جہاں کے لوگ گندے کام کیا کرتے تھے۔ بچا نکالا۔ بےشک وہ برے اور بدکردار لوگ تھے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
The name of the city from which Sayyidna Lut (علیہ السلام) was saved and which has been mentioned in these verses was Sodom. There were seven other townships under this city which were thrown upside down by Jibra'il (علیہ السلام) except one which was left intact for Lut (علیہ السلام) and ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And to Lot We gave judgement the ability to judge decisively between opposing parties and knowledge; and We delivered him from the town which had been committing that is whose inhabitants had been committing deeds of vileness by way of homosexual intercourse hazelnut-hurling and bird-games and other...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Migration of Ibrahim to Ash-Sham (Greater Syria), accompanied by Lut
Allah tells us that He saved Ibrahim from the fire lit by his people, and brought him out from among them, migrating to the land of Ash-Sham, to the sacred regions thereof.
وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُ إِسْحَـقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ نَافِلَةً
(And ...
وَلَقَدْ أَتَوْا۟ عَلَى ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِىٓ أُمْطِرَتْ مَطَرَ ٱلسَّوْءِ أَفَلَمْ يَكُونُوا۟ يَرَوْنَهَا بَلْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ نُشُورًا
Wa laqad ataw 'alal qaryatil lateee umtirat mataras saw'; afalam yakoonoo yarawnahaa; bal kaanoo laa yarjoona nushooraa
And they have already come upon the town which was showered with a rain of evil. So have they not seen it? But they are not expecting resurrection.
اور یہ کافر اس بستی پر بھی گزر چکے ہیں جس پر بری طرح کا مینہ برسایا گیا تھا۔ کیا وہ اس کو دیکھتے نہ ہوں گے۔ بلکہ ان کو (مرنے کے بعد) جی اُٹھنے کی امید ہی نہیں تھی۔
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
In the above verses it is mentioned that it had been the common practice of the people through the ages to rebuff the prophets and the message they had brought. In order to give weight to this assertion a few of the well known prophets are mentioned who were rejected by their people and t...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And verily they namely the disbelievers of Mecca will have passed by the town on which an evil shower was rained al-saw’ ‘evil’ is the verbal noun from sā’a ‘was evil’ that is it was showered with stones. This was the principal town of the towns inhabited by the people of Lot; God destroyed its inha...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Frightening the Idolators of Quraysh
Allah threatens the idolators who denied and opposed His Messenger Muhammad ﷺ and He warns them of the punishment and painful torment He sent upon the previous nations who rejected their Messengers. Allah begins by mentioning Musa, upon him be peace, whom He sent...
ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ
Summa dammarnal aa khareen
Then We destroyed the others.
پھر ہم نے اوروں کو ہلاک کردیا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِي الْغَابِرِينَ
Except an old woman among those who remained behind. - 26:171
The word 'old woman' is used for the wife of Sayyidna Lut علیہ السلام who was an infidel and was agreeable to the unnatural act of the people of Lut (علیہ السلام) If the wife of Lut (علیہ السلام) was an...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Then We destroyed all the others
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Lut's Denunciation of His People's Deeds, Their Response and Their Punishment
The Prophet of Allah forbade them from committing evil deeds and intercourse with males, and he taught them that they should have intercourse with their wives whom Allah had created for them. Their response was only to say...
وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ
Wa amtarnaa 'alaihim mataran fasaaa'a matarul munzareen
And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.
اور ان پر مینھہ برسایا۔ سو جو مینھہ ان (لوگوں) پر (برسا) جو ڈرائے گئے برا تھا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا ۖ فَسَاءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنذَرِينَ
and subjected them to a terrible rain. So evil was the rain of those who were warned. - 26:173
This verse has confirmed that if a man commits sodomy, he may be punished with throwing a wall on him or by throwing him down from a high...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and We rained on them a rain We rained on them stones — this detail pertains to the previous statement concerning their destruction — and evil was their rain the rain of those who were warned!
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Lut's Denunciation of His People's Deeds, Their Response and Their Punishment
The Prophet of Allah forbade them from committing evil deeds and intercourse with males, and he taught them that they should have intercourse with their wives whom Allah had created for them. Their response was only to say...
فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ مَكْرِهِمْ أَنَّا دَمَّرْنَٰهُمْ وَقَوْمَهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
Fanzur kaifa kaana 'aaqibatu makrihim annaa dammar naahum wa qawmahum ajma'een
Then look how was the outcome of their plan - that We destroyed them and their people, all.
تو دیکھ لو ان کی چال کا کیسا انجام ہوا۔ ہم نے ان کو اور ان کی قوم سب کو ہلاک کر ڈالا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُ وَأَهْلَهُ ثُمَّ لَنَقُولَنَّ لِوَلِيِّهِ مَا شَهِدْنَا مَهْلِكَ أَهْلِهِ وَإِنَّا لَصَادِقُونَ
We shall attack him (Salih علیہ السلام) and his family at night, then will say to his heir, We did not witness the destruction of his family and we are really truthful - 27:49.
The plan w...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So behold how was the consequence of their plot! For lo! We destroyed them and all their people with Gabriel’s cry or by the angels’ pelting them with stones which they could see even though they could not see them the angels.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Plot of the Mischief-Makers and the End of the People of Thamud
Allah tells us about the evildoers of Thamud and their leaders who used to call their people to misguidance and disbelief, and to deny Salih. Eventually they killed the she-camel and were about to kill Salih too. They plotted to let...
فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَٰهَا مِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ
Fa anjainaahu wa ahlahooo illam ra atahoo qaddarnaahaa minal ghaabireen
So We saved him and his family, except for his wife; We destined her to be of those who remained behind.
تو ہم نے ان کو اور ان کے گھر والوں کو نجات دی۔ مگر ان کی بیوی کہ اس کی نسبت ہم نے مقرر کر رکھا ہے (کہ وہ پیچھے رہنے والوں میں ہوگی)
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُ وَأَهْلَهُ ثُمَّ لَنَقُولَنَّ لِوَلِيِّهِ مَا شَهِدْنَا مَهْلِكَ أَهْلِهِ وَإِنَّا لَصَادِقُونَ
We shall attack him (Salih علیہ السلام) and his family at night, then will say to his heir, We did not witness the destruction of his family and we are really truthful - 27:49.
The plan w...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So We delivered him and his family except his wife — We decreed for her We made her by Our decree to be of those who remained behind in the chastisement.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Lut and His People
Allah tells us about His servant and Messenger Lut, peace be upon him, and how he warned his people of Allah's punishment for committing an act of immorality which no human ever committed before them -- intercourse with males instead of females. This is a major sin, whereby men ar...
وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ
Wa amtarnaa 'alaihimm mataran fasaaa'a matarul munzareen
And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.
اور ہم نے ان پر مینھہ برسایا سو (جو) مینھہ ان لوگوں پر برسا جن کو متنبہ کردیا گیا تھا، برا تھا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُ وَأَهْلَهُ ثُمَّ لَنَقُولَنَّ لِوَلِيِّهِ مَا شَهِدْنَا مَهْلِكَ أَهْلِهِ وَإِنَّا لَصَادِقُونَ
We shall attack him (Salih علیہ السلام) and his family at night, then will say to his heir, We did not witness the destruction of his family and we are really truthful - 27:49.
The plan w...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Then We rained on them a rain — these were the stones of baked mud cf. Q. 1574 — which destroyed them. And evil indeed was their rain the rain of those who were warned against chastisement.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Lut and His People
Allah tells us about His servant and Messenger Lut, peace be upon him, and how he warned his people of Allah's punishment for committing an act of immorality which no human ever committed before them -- intercourse with males instead of females. This is a major sin, whereby men ar...
وَلَمَّا جَآءَتْ رُسُلُنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ بِٱلْبُشْرَىٰ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا مُهْلِكُوٓا۟ أَهْلِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ إِنَّ أَهْلَهَا كَانُوا۟ ظَٰلِمِينَ
Wa lammaa jaaa'at Rusulunaaa Ibraaheema bil bushraa qaalooo innaa muhlikoo ahli haazihil qaryati inna ahlahaa kaanoo zaalimeen
And when Our messengers came to Abraham with the good tidings, they said, "Indeed, we will destroy the people of that Lot's city. Indeed, its people have been wrongdoers."
اور جب ہمارے فرشتے ابراہیم کے پاس خوشی کی خبر لے کر آئے تو کہنے لگے کہ ہم اس بستی کے لوگوں کو ہلاک کر دینے والے ہیں کہ یہاں کے رہنے والے نافرمان ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ الْفَاحِشَةَ (And [ We sent ] Sayyidna Lut (علیہ السلام) when he said to his people, "Indeed you commit the shameful act - 29:28). Here Sayyidna Lut (علیہ السلام) has described three vicious sins of his people. One, unnatural offence of...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And when Our messengers came to Abraham with the good tidings of Isaac and Jacob after him they said ‘We shall assuredly destroy the people of this town namely the town of Lot for truly its people are evildoers’ disbelievers.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Angels went to Ibrahim and then to Lut, may peace be upon them both
When Lut, peace be upon him, asked Allah to help him against them, Allah sent angels to help him. They first came to Ibrahim in the form of guests, so he offered them hospitality in the appropriate manner. When he saw that they ...
وَثَمُودُ وَقَوْمُ لُوطٍ وَأَصْحَٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ
Wa Samoodu wa qawmu Lootinw wa Ashaabul 'Aykah; ulaaa'ikal Ahzaab
And [the tribe of] Thamud and the people of Lot and the companions of the thicket. Those are the companies.
اور ثمود اور لوط کی قوم اور بن کے رہنے والے بھی۔ یہی وہ گروہ ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: أُولَـٰئِكَ الْأَحْزَابُ (They were the [ strong ] groups. - 38:13) One explanation of this statement is that it is the description of the word 'groups' in verse 11. In other words, 'these are the groups or Confederates that have been pointed out in this verse.' Maulana Thanavi (رح) has gone by this...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and Thamūd and the people of Lot and the dwellers in the wood a small forest namely the people of Shu‘ayb peace be upon him — those were the factions.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): A Reminder of Those Who were destroyed among the Previous Nations
Allah tells us about those past nations and the punishment and vengeance that struck them for their going against the Messengers and disbelieving in the Prophets, peace be upon them. We have already seen their stories in detail in num...
وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَٰنُ لُوطٍ
Wa 'Aadunw wa Fir'awnu wikhwaanu loot
And 'Aad and Pharaoh and the brothers of Lot
اور عاد اور فرعون اور لوط کے بھائی
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: ` Ad
The nation of ` Ad was proverbial in their size, physical strength and power as well as the strength that came to them in the wake of their children. Holy Prophet Hud (علیہ السلام) was sent to them. Eventually, they were annihilated by the Divine punishment of a wind storm.
Fir'aun
This is the ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and ‘Ād the people of Hūd and Pharaoh the brethren of Lot
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Reminding the Quraysh of the Destruction of earlier Disbelieving Nations
Allah the Exalted warns the disbelievers of Quraysh and reminds them of the punishment and painful torment that He sent in this life on their likes, who disbelieved before them. For instance, Allah the Exalted punished the peop...
لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ
Linursila 'alaihim hijaa ratam min teen
To send down upon them stones of clay,
تاکہ ان پر کھنگر برسائیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: When, in the course of the conversation, Holy Prophet Ibrahim (علیہ السلام) discovered that the guests were angels, he asked them what was their mission and they replied that they had been sent to the people of Lut (علیہ السلام) to destroy them as a punishment for their unspeakable crime. They would...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: that we may unleash upon them stones of clay baked in fire
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Angels were sent to destroy the People of the Prophet Lut
Allah the Exalted said about Ibrahim, peace be upon him,
فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ عَنْ إِبْرَهِيمَ الرَّوْعُ وَجَآءَتْهُ الْبُشْرَى يُجَـدِلُنَا فِى قَوْمِ لُوطٍ - إِنَّ إِبْرَهِيمَ لَحَلِيمٌ أَوَّاهٌ مُّنِيبٌ - يإِبْرَهِيمُ أَعْرِضْ عَنْ هَـذَآ إ...
فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ
Famaa wajadnaa feehaa ghaira baitim minal muslimeen
And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims.
اور اس میں ایک گھر کے سوا مسلمانوں کا کوئی گھر نہ پایا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Small pebbles of baked clay would be sent down upon them: مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ "marked, with your Lord, for the transgressors."... 51:34), that is, pebbles conspicuously marked by Allah. Some scholars say that each stone bore the name of the person with which he was to be destroyed, and if he...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: but We did not find therein other than one house of those who had submitted to God these were Lot and his two daughters. They have been described here with the terms ‘belief’ and ‘submission’ because they had affirmed faith in their hearts and used their limbs to perform acts of obedience.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Angels were sent to destroy the People of the Prophet Lut
Allah the Exalted said about Ibrahim, peace be upon him,
فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ عَنْ إِبْرَهِيمَ الرَّوْعُ وَجَآءَتْهُ الْبُشْرَى يُجَـدِلُنَا فِى قَوْمِ لُوطٍ - إِنَّ إِبْرَهِيمَ لَحَلِيمٌ أَوَّاهٌ مُّنِيبٌ - يإِبْرَهِيمُ أَعْرِضْ عَنْ هَـذَآ إ...
وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ
Wal mu'tafikata ahwaa
And the overturned towns He hurled down
اور اسی نے الٹی ہوئی بستیوں کو دے پٹکا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ (And He destroyed the overturned towns also,... 53:53) The word Mu'tafikah literally means mu'talifah (joined together). These were a few settlements adjacent to the city. Holy Prophet Lut (علیہ السلام) was sent to them. Because of disobedience and commission of shameful a...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and the Deviant cities namely the cities of the people of Lot He overturned He hurled them down to the earth after lifting them up to the heaven upside down by commanding Gabriel to do this;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Some Attributes of the Lord, that He returns Man as He originated Him, and some of what He does with His Servants
Allah the Exalted said,
وَأَنَّ إِلَى رَبِّكَ الْمُنتَهَى
(And that to your Lord is the End.) meaning, the return of everything on the Day of Resurrection. Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that `A...
كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ
Kazzabat qawmu lootim binnuzur
The people of Lot denied the warning.
لوط کی قوم نے بھی ڈر سنانے والوں کو جھٹلایا تھا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Lexicological Analysis
The word سُعُر su'ur has appeared twice in this Surah. First it has appeared in verse 24 in connection with the people of Thamud where it is their own word, and means 'madness or insanity'. The second time, the word appears in connection with the punishment of the sinners wher...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: The people of Lot denied the warnings they denied those issues of which they were warned by his Lot’s tongue.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Story of the People of the Prophet Lut
Allah the Exalted states that the people of Lut defied and denied their Messenger and committed sodomy, the awful immoral sin that no people in the history of mankind had committed before. This is why Allah destroyed them with a type of torment that He neve...
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ نَّجَّيْنَٰهُم بِسَحَرٍ
Innaa arsalnaa 'alaihim haasiban illaaa aala Loot najjainaahum bisahar
Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn
تو ہم نے ان پر کنکر بھری ہوا چلائی مگر لوط کے گھر والے کہ ہم نے ان کو پچھلی رات ہی سے بچا لیا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Lexicological Analysis
The word سُعُر su'ur has appeared twice in this Surah. First it has appeared in verse 24 in connection with the people of Thamud where it is their own word, and means 'madness or insanity'. The second time, the word appears in connection with the punishment of the sinners wher...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Indeed We unleashed upon them a squall of pebbles a wind hurling at them pebbles namely small stones a single one of these being no larger than the palm of the hand and they were destroyed; all except the family of Lot namely his two daughters together with him whom We delivered at dawn from among t...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Story of the People of the Prophet Lut
Allah the Exalted states that the people of Lut defied and denied their Messenger and committed sodomy, the awful immoral sin that no people in the history of mankind had committed before. This is why Allah destroyed them with a type of torment that He neve...
وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ
Wa laqad anzarahum batshatanaa fatamaaraw binnuzur
And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning.
اور لوطؑ نے ان کو ہماری پکڑ سے ڈرایا بھی تھا مگر انہوں نے ڈرانے میں شک کیا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Lexicological Analysis
The word سُعُر su'ur has appeared twice in this Surah. First it has appeared in verse 24 in connection with the people of Thamud where it is their own word, and means 'madness or insanity'. The second time, the word appears in connection with the punishment of the sinners wher...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And verily he had warned them Lot had threatened them of Our strike Our seizing them with chastisement but they disputed they contested and denied the warnings his warning.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Story of the People of the Prophet Lut
Allah the Exalted states that the people of Lut defied and denied their Messenger and committed sodomy, the awful immoral sin that no people in the history of mankind had committed before. This is why Allah destroyed them with a type of torment that He neve...
وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
Wa laqad raawadoohu 'andaifee fatamasnaaa a'yunahum fazooqoo 'azaabee wa nuzur
And they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and warning."
اور ان سے ان کے مہمانوں کو لے لینا چاہا تو ہم نے ان کی آنکھیں مٹا دیں سو (اب) میرے عذاب اور ڈرانے کے مزے چکھو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Lexicological Analysis
The word سُعُر su'ur has appeared twice in this Surah. First it has appeared in verse 24 in connection with the people of Thamud where it is their own word, and means 'madness or insanity'. The second time, the word appears in connection with the punishment of the sinners wher...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And they had even solicited of him his guests that he should let them have their own way with those who had come to him as guests that they may do wicked things with them — and these guests were angels. So We blotted out their eyes We blinded them and made them without slits so that they were contin...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Story of the People of the Prophet Lut
Allah the Exalted states that the people of Lut defied and denied their Messenger and committed sodomy, the awful immoral sin that no people in the history of mankind had committed before. This is why Allah destroyed them with a type of torment that He neve...
وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ
Wa laqad sabbahahum bukratan 'azaabum mustaqirr
And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.
اور ان پر صبح سویرے ہی اٹل عذاب آ نازل ہوا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Lexicological Analysis
The word سُعُر su'ur has appeared twice in this Surah. First it has appeared in verse 24 in connection with the people of Thamud where it is their own word, and means 'madness or insanity'. The second time, the word appears in connection with the punishment of the sinners wher...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And verily there greeted them in the early morning the morning time of an unspecified day an abiding chastisement a permanent chastisement continuous with the chastisement of the Hereafter.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Story of the People of the Prophet Lut
Allah the Exalted states that the people of Lut defied and denied their Messenger and committed sodomy, the awful immoral sin that no people in the history of mankind had committed before. This is why Allah destroyed them with a type of torment that He neve...
فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
Fazooqoo 'azaabee wa nuzur
So taste My punishment and warning.
تو اب میرے عذاب اور ڈرانے کے مزے چکھو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Lexicological Analysis
The word سُعُر su'ur has appeared twice in this Surah. First it has appeared in verse 24 in connection with the people of Thamud where it is their own word, and means 'madness or insanity'. The second time, the word appears in connection with the punishment of the sinners wher...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: ‘So taste now My chastisement and My warnings!’
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Story of the People of the Prophet Lut
Allah the Exalted states that the people of Lut defied and denied their Messenger and committed sodomy, the awful immoral sin that no people in the history of mankind had committed before. This is why Allah destroyed them with a type of torment that He neve...
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ
Wa jaaa'a Firawnu wa man qablahoo wal mu'tafikaatu bilhaati'ah
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
اور فرعون اور جو لوگ اس سے پہلے تھے اور وہ جو الٹی بستیوں میں رہتے تھے سب گناہ کے کام کرتے تھے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ (seven nights and eight consecutive days'... 69:7). According to some of the narratives, the punishment of windstorm started on Wednesday morning, and lasted till the following Wednesday evening. In this way, it makes up eight days and seven nights.
The word hus...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And Pharaoh and those of his followers man qibalahu a variant reading has man qablahu that is to say those disbelieving communities who came before him and the Deviant cities that is their inhabitants — these being the cities of the people of Lot — brought iniquity they committed deeds that were ini...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Warning concerning the Greatness of the Day of Judgement
Al-Haqqah is one of the names of the Day of Judgement, because during it the promise and the threat will inevitably...