وَلَمَّا جَآءَتۡ رُسُلُنَآ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ بِٱلۡبُشۡرَىٰ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا مُهۡلِكُوٓاْ أَهۡلِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِۖ إِنَّ أَهۡلَهَا كَانُواْ ظَٰلِمِينَ
٣١
And when Our Messengers came to Ibrahim
(Abraham) with the glad tidings they said: "Verily, we are going to destroy the people of this
[Lout's (Lot's)] town
(i.e. the town of Sodom in Palestine) truly, its people have been Zalimun
[wrong-doers, polytheists and disobedient to Allah, and have also belied their Messenger Lout (Lot)]."
(31)
قَالَ إِنَّ فِيهَا لُوطٗاۚ قَالُواْ نَحۡنُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن فِيهَاۖ لَنُنَجِّيَنَّهُۥ وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتَهُۥ كَانَتۡ مِنَ ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ
٣٢
Ibrahim
(Abraham) said: "But there is Lout
(Lot) in it." They said:"We know better who is there, we will verily save him
[Lout (Lot)] and his family, except his wife, she will be of those who remain behind
(i.e. she will be destroyed along with those who will be destroyed from her folk)."
(32)
وَلَمَّآ أَن جَآءَتۡ رُسُلُنَا لُوطٗا سِيٓءَ بِهِمۡ وَضَاقَ بِهِمۡ ذَرۡعٗاۖ وَقَالُواْ لَا تَخَفۡ وَلَا تَحۡزَنۡ إِنَّا مُنَجُّوكَ وَأَهۡلَكَ إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتَكَ كَانَتۡ مِنَ ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ
٣٣
And when Our Messengers came to Lout
(Lot), he was grieved because of them, and felt straitened on their account. They said: "Have no fear, and do not grieve! Truly, we shall save you and your family, except your wife, she will be of those who remain behind
(i.e. she will be destroyed along with those who will be destroyed from her folk).
(33)
إِنَّا مُنزِلُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِ رِجۡزٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَفۡسُقُونَ
٣٤
Verily, we are about to bring down on the people of this town a great torment from the sky, because they have been rebellious
(against Allah's Command)."
(34)
وَلَقَد تَّرَكۡنَا مِنۡهَآ ءَايَةَۢ بَيِّنَةٗ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡقِلُونَ
٣٥
And indeed We have left thereof an evident Ayah
(a lesson and a warning and a sign the place where the Dead Sea is now in Palestine) for a folk who understand.
(35)
وَإِلَىٰ مَدۡيَنَ أَخَاهُمۡ شُعَيۡبٗا فَقَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱرۡجُواْ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِينَ
٣٦
And to
(the people of) Madyan
(Midian), We sent their brother Shu'aib
(Shuaib). He said: "O my people! Worship Allah, and hope for
(the reward of good deeds by worshipping Allah Alone, on) the last Day, and commit no mischief on the earth as Mufsidun
(those who commit great crimes, oppressors, tyrants, mischief-makers, corrupts).
(36)
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلرَّجۡفَةُ فَأَصۡبَحُواْ فِي دَارِهِمۡ جَٰثِمِينَ
٣٧
And they belied him
[Shu'aib (Shuaib)], so the earthquake seized them, and they lay
(dead), prostrate in their dwellings.
(37)
وَعَادٗا وَثَمُودَاْ وَقَد تَّبَيَّنَ لَكُم مِّن مَّسَٰكِنِهِمۡۖ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ فَصَدَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَكَانُواْ مُسۡتَبۡصِرِينَ
٣٨
And 'Ad and Thamud
(people)! And indeed
(their destruction) is clearly apparent to you from their
(ruined) dwellings. Shaitan
(Satan) made their deeds fair-seeming to them, and turned them away from the
(Right) Path, though they were intelligent.
(38)
وَقَٰرُونَ وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ وَهَٰمَٰنَۖ وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُم مُّوسَىٰ بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا كَانُواْ سَٰبِقِينَ
٣٩
And
(We destroyed also) Qarun
(Korah), Fir'aun
(Pharaoh), and Haman. And indeed Musa
(Moses) came to them with clear Ayat
(proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), but they were arrogant in the land, yet they could not outstrip Us
(escape Our punishment).
(39)
فَكُلًّا أَخَذۡنَا بِذَنۢبِهِۦۖ فَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ حَاصِبٗا وَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ أَخَذَتۡهُ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ وَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ خَسَفۡنَا بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ أَغۡرَقۡنَاۚ وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَظۡلِمَهُمۡ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ يَظۡلِمُونَ
٤٠
So We punished each
(of them) for his sins, of them were some on whom We sent Hasiban
(a violent wind with shower of stones) [as the people of Lout (Lot)], and of them were some who were overtaken by As-Saihah
[torment - awful cry, etc. (as Thamud or Shu'aib's people)], and of them were some whom We caused the earth to swallow
[as Qarun (Korah)], and of them were some whom We drowned
[as the people of Nuh (Noah), or Fir'aun (Pharaoh) and his people]. It was not Allah Who wronged them, but they wronged themselves.
(40)
مَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوۡلِيَآءَ كَمَثَلِ ٱلۡعَنكَبُوتِ ٱتَّخَذَتۡ بَيۡتٗاۖ وَإِنَّ أَوۡهَنَ ٱلۡبُيُوتِ لَبَيۡتُ ٱلۡعَنكَبُوتِۚ لَوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ
٤١
The likeness of those who take Auliya'
(protectors and helpers) other than Allah is as the likeness of a spider, who builds
(for itself) a house, but verily, the frailest
(weakest) of houses is the spider's house; if they but knew.
(41)
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعۡلَمُ مَا يَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَيۡءٖۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ
٤٢
Verily, Allah knows what things they invoke instead of Him. He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.
(42)
وَتِلۡكَ ٱلۡأَمۡثَٰلُ نَضۡرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِۖ وَمَا يَعۡقِلُهَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡعَٰلِمُونَ
٤٣
And these similitudes We put forward for mankind, but none will understand them except those who have knowledge
(of Allah and His Signs, etc.).
(43)
خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِٱلۡحَقِّۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
٤٤
(Allah says to His Prophet Muhammad ﷺ): "Allah
(Alone) created the heavens and the earth with truth
(and none shared Him in their creation)." Verily! Therein is surely a sign for those who believe.
(44)