Tafheem ul Quran

Surah 37 As-Saffat, Ayat 133-137

وَاِنَّ لُوۡطًا لَّمِنَ الۡمُرۡسَلِيۡنَؕ‏ ﴿37:133﴾ اِذۡ نَجَّيۡنٰهُ وَاَهۡلَهٗۤ اَجۡمَعِيۡنَۙ‏ ﴿37:134﴾ اِلَّا عَجُوۡزًا فِى الۡغٰبِرِيۡنَ‏ ﴿37:135﴾ ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا الۡاٰخَرِيۡنَ‏ ﴿37:136﴾ وَاِنَّكُمۡ لَتَمُرُّوۡنَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ مُّصۡبِحِيۡنَۙ‏ ﴿37:137﴾

(37:133) And Lot too was one of the Messengers. (37:134) (Call to mind) when We delivered him and all his kinsfolk, (37:135) except for an old woman who was among those that stayed behind.75 (37:136) Then We utterly destroyed the rest of them. (37:137) You pass by their desolate habitations in the morning76


Notes

75. This implies the wife of the Prophet Lot (peace be upon him), who did not migrate with her illustrious husband, but remained behind with her people and was punished.

76. The reference is to the mined habitations of the people of Lot by which the Quraishite merchants passed day and night during their trade journeys to Syria and Palestine. 1