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Surah Al-Hijr · Meccan

15:59 Al-Hijr (The Rock)

إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ

Yusuf Ali

Excepting the adherents of Lut: them we are certainly (charged) to save (from harm),- All

Pickthall

(All) save the family of Lot. Them we shall deliver every one

Mubarakpuri (King Fahd Complex)

(All) except the family of Lut, all of whom we are to save (from the destruction)

Juz
14
Page
265
Ruku
221

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Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged)

Hafiz Ibn Kathir (abridged)

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 told him that they were going to save the family of Lut from among those people, except for his wife, because she was one of those who were doomed. Thus it was said,

إِلاَّ امْرَأَتَهُ قَدَّرْنَآ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ الْغَـبِرِينَ

(Except for his wife, of whom We have decreed that she shall be of those who remain behind.) i.e., she was one of those who would be left behind and will be destroyed.

Source: Ibn Kathir abridged via spa5k/tafsir_api · reference

Sources

Arabic text: Tanzil project (tanzil.net) — Uthmani Hafs edition. Translations: Yusuf Ali and Pickthall (public domain) and Mubarakpuri (King Fahd Quran Printing Complex). For audio recitation sources and data-handling details, see the privacy policy .