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Surah Al-Hijr · Meccan

15:65 Al-Hijr (The Rock)

فَأَسۡرِ بِأَهۡلِكَ بِقِطۡعࣲ مِّنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱتَّبِعۡ أَدۡبَٰرَهُمۡ وَلَا يَلۡتَفِتۡ مِنكُمۡ أَحَدࣱ وَٱمۡضُواْ حَيۡثُ تُؤۡمَرُونَ

Yusuf Ali

Then travel by night with thy household, when a portion of the night (yet remains), and do thou bring up the rear: let no one amongst you look back, but pass on whither ye are ordered

Pickthall

So travel with thy household in a portion of the night, and follow thou their backs. Let none of you turn round, but go whither ye are commanded

Mubarakpuri (King Fahd Complex)

Then travel for a portion of the night with your family, and you go behind them in the rear, and let no one amongst you look back, but go on to where you are ordered

Juz
14
Page
265
Ruku
222

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Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged)

Hafiz Ibn Kathir (abridged)

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 order to help the weak and carry those who had no means of transport.

وَلاَ يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ

(and let no one amongst you look back,) meaning - when you hear the people screaming from their torment, do not turn around to look at them; leave them to face whatever punishment and vengeance is coming to them.

وَامْضُواْ حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ

(but go on to where you are ordered.) - it is as if they had a guide with them to show them the way.

وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ ذَلِكَ الاٌّمْرَ

(And We made this decree known to him) meaning - We already told him about that.

أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَـؤُلآْءِ مَقْطُوعٌ مُّصْبِحِينَ

(that those (sinners) would be rooted out in the early morning.) meaning in the morning, as in another Ayah:

إِنَّ مَوْعِدَهُمُ الصُّبْحُ أَلَيْسَ الصُّبْحُ بِقَرِيبٍ

(Indeed, morning is their appointed time. Is not the morning near) 11:81

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 .