Surah Al-Hijr, Ayah 61-80 — Word by Word
الحجر
The Rocky Tract
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
falammā jāa āla lūṭin l-mur'salūna
And when the messengers came to the family of Lot,
qāla innakum qawmun munkarūna
He said, "Indeed, you are people unknown."
qālū bal ji'nāka bimā kānū fīhi yamtarūna
They said, "But we have come to you with that about which they were disputing,
wa-ataynāka bil-ḥaqi wa-innā laṣādiqūna
And we have come to you with truth, and indeed, we are truthful.
fa-asri bi-ahlika biqiṭ'ʿin mina al-layli wa-ittabiʿ adbārahum walā yaltafit minkum aḥadun wa-im'ḍū ḥaythu tu'marūna
So set out with your family during a portion of the night and follow behind them and let not anyone among you look back and continue on to where you are commanded."
waqaḍaynā ilayhi dhālika l-amra anna dābira hāulāi maqṭūʿun muṣ'biḥīna
And We conveyed to him [the decree] of that matter: that those [sinners] would be eliminated by early morning.
wajāa ahlu l-madīnati yastabshirūna
And the people of the city came rejoicing.
qāla inna hāulāi ḍayfī falā tafḍaḥūni
[Lot] said, "Indeed, these are my guests, so do not shame me.
wa-ittaqū l-laha walā tukh'zūni
And fear Allāh and do not disgrace me."
qālū awalam nanhaka ʿani l-ʿālamīna
They said, "Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people?"
qāla hāulāi banātī in kuntum fāʿilīna
[Lot] said, "These are my daughters - if you would be doers [of lawful marriage]."
laʿamruka innahum lafī sakratihim yaʿmahūna
By your life, [O Muḥammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly.
fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣayḥatu mush'riqīna
So the shriek seized them at sunrise.
fajaʿalnā ʿāliyahā sāfilahā wa-amṭarnā ʿalayhim ḥijāratan min sijjīlin
And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.
inna fī dhālika laāyātin lil'mutawassimīna
Indeed in that are signs for those who discern.
wa-innahā labisabīlin muqīmin
And indeed, they [i.e., those cities] are [situated] on an established road.
inna fī dhālika laāyatan lil'mu'minīna
Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.
wa-in kāna aṣḥābu l-aykati laẓālimīna
And the companions of the thicket [i.e., the people of Madyan] were [also] wrongdoers,
fa-intaqamnā min'hum wa-innahumā labi-imāmin mubīnin
So We took retribution from them, and indeed, both [cities] are on a clear highway.
walaqad kadhaba aṣḥābu l-ḥij'ri l-mur'salīna
And certainly did the companions of al-Ḥijr [i.e., the Thamūd] deny the messengers.