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Surah Al-Hijr (سُورَةُ الحِجۡرِ), Verse 58
Ayah 1860 of 6236 • Meccan
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍۢ مُّجْرِمِينَ
Translations
The Noble Quran
EnglishThey (the angels) said: "We have been sent to a people who are Mujrimûn (criminals, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners).
Muhammad Asad
EnglishGo, then, with thy household while it is yet night, with thyself following them in the rear; and let none of you look back, but proceed whither you are bidden.
Fatah Muhammad Jalandhari
Urdu(انہوں نے) کہا کہ ہم ایک گنہگار قوم کی طرف بھیجے گئے ہیں (کہ اس کو عذاب کریں)
Tafsir (Commentary)
Tafsir al-Sa'di
Salafi Approved{ قَالُوا إِنَّا أُرْسِلْنَا إِلَى قَوْمٍ مُجْرِمِينَ } أي: كثر فسادهم وعظم شرهم، لنعذبهم ونعاقبهم
Tafsir al-Muyassar
Salafi Approvedقالوا: إن الله أرسلنا لإهلاك قوم لوط المشركين الضالين إلا لوطًا وأهله المؤمنين به، فلن نهلكهم وسننجيهم أجمعين، لكن زوجته الكافرة قضينا بأمر الله بإهلاكها مع الباقين في العذاب.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Salafi Approvedفقالوا إنا أرسلنا إلى قوم مجرمين " يعنون قوم لوط.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
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.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Salafi Approvedحضرت ابراہیم ؑ کا جب ڈر خوف جاتا رہا بلکہ بشارت بھی مل گئی تو اب فرشتوں سے ان کے آنے کی وجہ دریافت کی۔ انھوں نے بتلایا کہ ہم لوطیوں کی بستیاں الٹنے کے لئے آئے ہیں۔ مگر حضرت لوط ؑ کی آل نجات پالے گی۔ ہاں اس آل میں سے ان کی بیوی بچ نہیں سکتی؛ وہ قوم کے ساتھ رہ جائے گی اور ہلاکت میں ان کے ساتھ ہی ہلاک ہوگی۔
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