Surah 26. Ash-Shu'ara

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Verses [Section]: 1-9[1], 10-33 [2], 34-51 [3], 52-68 [4], 69-104 [5], 105-122 [6], 123-140 [7], 141-159 [8], 160-175 [9], 176-191 [10], 192-227 [11]

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Quran Text of Verse 160-17526. Ash-Shu'ara Page 374كَذَّبَتْDeniedقَوْمُ(the) peopleلُوْطِ(of) Lutلْمُرْسَلِیْنَۚۖthe Messengers اِذْWhenقَالَsaidلَهُمْto themاَخُوْهُمْtheir brotherلُوْطٌLutاَلَاWill notتَتَّقُوْنَۚyou fear (Allah) اِنِّیْIndeed I amلَكُمْto youرَسُوْلٌa Messengerاَمِیْنٌۙtrustworthy فَاتَّقُواSo fearاللّٰهَAllahوَ اَطِیْعُوْنِۚand obey me وَ مَاۤAnd notاَسْـَٔلُكُمْI ask youعَلَیْهِfor itمِنْanyاَجْرٍ ۚpaymentاِنْNotاَجْرِیَ(is) my paymentاِلَّاexceptعَلٰیfromرَبِّ(the) Lordالْعٰلَمِیْنَؕ(of) the worlds اَتَاْتُوْنَDo you approachالذُّكْرَانَthe malesمِنَamongالْعٰلَمِیْنَۙthe worlds وَ تَذَرُوْنَAnd you leaveمَاwhatخَلَقَcreatedلَكُمْfor youرَبُّكُمْyour Lordمِّنْofاَزْوَاجِكُمْ ؕyour matesبَلْNayاَنْتُمْyouقَوْمٌ(are) a peopleعٰدُوْنَ transgressing قَالُوْاThey saidلَىِٕنْIfلَّمْnotتَنْتَهِyou desistیٰلُوْطُO Lut!لَتَكُوْنَنَّSurely you will beمِنَofالْمُخْرَجِیْنَ the ones driven out قَالَHe saidاِنِّیْIndeed I amلِعَمَلِكُمْ(of) your deedمِّنَofالْقَالِیْنَؕthose who detest رَبِّMy Lord!نَجِّنِیْSave meوَ اَهْلِیْand my familyمِمَّاfrom whatیَعْمَلُوْنَ they do فَنَجَّیْنٰهُSo We saved himوَ اَهْلَهٗۤand his familyاَجْمَعِیْنَۙall اِلَّاExceptعَجُوْزًاan old womanفِی(was) amongالْغٰبِرِیْنَۚthose who remained behind ثُمَّThenدَمَّرْنَاWe destroyedالْاٰخَرِیْنَۚthe others وَ اَمْطَرْنَاAnd We rainedعَلَیْهِمْupon themمَّطَرًا ۚa rainفَسَآءَand evil wasمَطَرُ(was) the rainالْمُنْذَرِیْنَ (on) those who were warned اِنَّIndeedفِیْinذٰلِكَthatلَاٰیَةً ؕsurely is a signوَ مَاbut notكَانَareاَكْثَرُهُمْmost of themمُّؤْمِنِیْنَ believers وَ اِنَّAnd indeedرَبَّكَyour Lordلَهُوَsurely Heالْعَزِیْزُ(is) the All-Mightyالرَّحِیْمُ۠the Most Merciful

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Translation of Verse 160-175

(26:160) The people of Lut rejected the Messengers.

(26:161) When their brother Lut said to them, ‘Will you not fear?

(26:162) Verily, I am to you a trustworthy Messenger.

(26:163) Therefore, fear Allah and follow me.

(26:164) I do not ask you any wage for it. My wage falls only upon the Lord of the worlds.

(26:165) Of all (people) do you approach males of the world¹²¹

(26:166) And leave what your Lord created for you of your mates.¹²² Nay, you are a people transgressing (all limits).’

(26:167) They said, ‘If you desist not O Lut, you shall be of those driven out.’¹²³

(26:168) He said, ‘I am indeed a detester of your deed.’¹²⁴

(26:169) ‘My Lord! Deliver me and my family from the things they do.’

(26:170) So we delivered him and his family all together.

(26:171) Except for an old woman – among those who lingered.¹²⁵

(26:172) Then We destroyed the others.

(26:173) And showered upon them a shower. So, evil was the shower of those that were warned.

(26:174) Surely, in that is a sign. But most of them were not to be believers.

(26:175) Surely, your Lord - He indeed is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate.

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Commentary

121. The textual construction offers two possible meanings. One, “Of the people of the world, you are the only ones to commit this crime;” two, “you have opted for the males of the world to commit this crime” (Razi).

122. Mujahid said that the implication hidden in the words as in the Qur’an (lit., “do you leave that of your women which your Lord created for you”) is that the nation of Lut sodomized their women also (Ibn Jarir, Zamakhshari, Razi).

123. Majid quotes, “Banishment … is the punishment of expelling an offender from his native land … the easiest way, short of summary execution, to rid the state of an evil-doer was to expel him from its boundaries. We find the recurrence of this in the record of all nations.” (ERE. II. p. 346).

But Yusuf Ali has another view. He writes, “Their threat to cast him out has a grim significance in what actually happened. They were destroyed where they were, and he was glad to escape the dreadful Punishment according to the warning he had received.‏”

124. "He was only among them from a stem sense of duty. The whole atmosphere there was detestable to him, and he was glad to escape when duty no longer demanded his presence there. He prayed for deliverance from such surroundings" (Yusuf Ali).

125. Another possible meaning, as said by Shawkani, is: “of those who remained in the punishment.”

Asad explains: “… the old woman was Lot’s wife – a native of Sodom – who chose to remain with her own people instead of accompanying her husband, whom she thus betrayed (cf. also 66: 10).”