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Al-Ankabut (The Spider)

Verse 31of 69

وَلَمَّا جَآءَتْ رُسُلُنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ بِٱلْبُشْرَىٰ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا مُهْلِكُوٓا۟ أَهْلِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ۖ إِنَّ أَهْلَهَا كَانُوا۟ ظَٰلِمِينَ﴿٣١

Translation (Sahih International)

And when Our messengers came to Abraham with the good tidings, they said, "Indeed, we will destroy the people of that Lot's city. Indeed, its people have been wrongdoers."

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
جَآءَتْjāatcame
رُسُلُنَآrusulunāOur messengers
إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma(to) Ibrahim
بِٱلْبُشْرَىٰbil-bush'rāwith the glad tidings
قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
مُهْلِكُوٓا۟muh'likū(are) going to destroy
أَهْلِahli(the) people
هَـٰذِهِhādhihi(of) this
ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ۖl-qaryatitown
إِنَّinnaIndeed
أَهْلَهَاahlahāits people
كَانُوا۟kānūare
ظَـٰلِمِينَẓālimīnawrongdoers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Angels went to Ibrahim and then to Lut, may peace be upon them bothWhen Lut, peace be upon him, asked Allah to help him against them, Allah sent angels to help him. They first came to Ibrahim in the form of guests, so he offered them hospitality in the appropriate manner. When he saw that they had no interest in the food, he felt some mistrust of them and was fearful of them.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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