English Translation and Commentary of the Holy Quran (2010)
by Maulana Muhammad Ali
Chapter 15: Al-Hijr — The Rock (Revealed at Madinah: 6 sections, 99 verses)
Section 5 (Verses 15:61–15:79): Lot and Shuaib
Translation:
فَلَمَّا جَآءَ اٰلَ لُوۡطِۣ الۡمُرۡسَلُوۡنَ ﴿ۙ۶۱﴾
15:61 So when the messengers came to Lot’s followers,
قَالَ اِنَّکُمۡ قَوۡمٌ مُّنۡکَرُوۡنَ ﴿۶۲﴾
15:62 he said: Surely you are an unknown people.
قَالُوۡا بَلۡ جِئۡنٰکَ بِمَا کَانُوۡا فِیۡہِ یَمۡتَرُوۡنَ ﴿۶۳﴾
15:63 They said: Indeed, we have come to you with that about which they disputed.
وَ اَتَیۡنٰکَ بِالۡحَقِّ وَ اِنَّا لَصٰدِقُوۡنَ ﴿۶۴﴾
15:64 And we have come to you with the truth, and we are surely truthful.
فَاَسۡرِ بِاَہۡلِکَ بِقِطۡعٍ مِّنَ الَّیۡلِ وَ اتَّبِعۡ اَدۡبَارَہُمۡ وَ لَا یَلۡتَفِتۡ مِنۡکُمۡ اَحَدٌ وَّ امۡضُوۡا حَیۡثُ تُؤۡمَرُوۡنَ ﴿۶۵﴾
15:65 So travel with your followers for a part of the night, yourself following behind them; and let not anyone of you turn round, and go where you are commanded.
وَ قَضَیۡنَاۤ اِلَیۡہِ ذٰلِکَ الۡاَمۡرَ اَنَّ دَابِرَ ہٰۤؤُلَآءِ مَقۡطُوۡعٌ مُّصۡبِحِیۡنَ ﴿۶۶﴾
15:66 And We made known to him this decree, that the roots of these should be cut off in the morning.
وَ جَآءَ اَہۡلُ الۡمَدِیۡنَۃِ یَسۡتَبۡشِرُوۡنَ ﴿۶۷﴾
15:67 And the people of the town came rejoicing.
قَالَ اِنَّ ہٰۤؤُلَآءِ ضَیۡفِیۡ فَلَا تَفۡضَحُوۡنِ ﴿ۙ۶۸﴾
15:68 He said: These are my guests, so do not disgrace me,
وَ اتَّقُوا اللّٰہَ وَ لَا تُخۡزُوۡنِ ﴿۶۹﴾
15:69 and keep your duty to Allah and do not shame me.
قَالُوۡۤا اَوَ لَمۡ نَنۡہَکَ عَنِ الۡعٰلَمِیۡنَ ﴿۷۰﴾
15:70 They said: Did we not forbid you from (entertaining) people?
قَالَ ہٰۤؤُلَآءِ بَنٰتِیۡۤ اِنۡ کُنۡتُمۡ فٰعِلِیۡنَ ﴿ؕ۷۱﴾
15:71 He said: These are my daughters, if you are going to do anything.1
لَعَمۡرُکَ اِنَّہُمۡ لَفِیۡ سَکۡرَتِہِمۡ یَعۡمَہُوۡنَ ﴿۷۲﴾
15:72 By your life! they blindly wandered on in their frenzy.
فَاَخَذَتۡہُمُ الصَّیۡحَۃُ مُشۡرِقِیۡنَ ﴿ۙ۷۳﴾
15:73 So the cry overtook them at sunrise;
فَجَعَلۡنَا عَالِیَہَا سَافِلَہَا وَ اَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَیۡہِمۡ حِجَارَۃً مِّنۡ سِجِّیۡلٍ ﴿ؕ۷۴﴾
15:74 thus We turned it upside down, and rained upon them stones, as decreed.
اِنَّ فِیۡ ذٰلِکَ لَاٰیٰتٍ لِّلۡمُتَوَسِّمِیۡنَ ﴿۷۵﴾
15:75 Surely in this are signs for those who take a lesson.
وَ اِنَّہَا لَبِسَبِیۡلٍ مُّقِیۡمٍ ﴿۷۶﴾
15:76 And it is on a road that still abides.
اِنَّ فِیۡ ذٰلِکَ لَاٰیَۃً لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِیۡنَ ﴿ؕ۷۷﴾
15:77 Surely in this is a sign for the believers.
وَ اِنۡ کَانَ اَصۡحٰبُ الۡاَیۡکَۃِ لَظٰلِمِیۡنَ ﴿ۙ۷۸﴾
15:78 And the dwellers of the grove were indeed wrongdoers:2
فَانۡتَقَمۡنَا مِنۡہُمۡ ۘ وَ اِنَّہُمَا لَبِاِمَامٍ مُّبِیۡنٍ ﴿ؕ٪۷۹﴾
15:79 So We inflicted retribution on them. And they are both on an open high road.3