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وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿٨٠

Translation (Sahih International)

And [We had sent] Lot when he said to his people, "Do you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds?

Word-by-word meaning

وَلُوطًاwalūṭanAnd Lut
إِذْidhwhen
قَالَqālahe said
لِقَوْمِهِۦٓliqawmihito his people
أَتَأْتُونَatatūnaDo you commit
ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَl-fāḥishata(such) immorality
مَاnot
سَبَقَكُمsabaqakumhas preceded you
بِهَاbihātherein
مِنْminany
أَحَدٍۢaḥadinone
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Story of Prophet Lut, upon Him be Peace, and His PeopleAllah said, We sent, وَ(And) لُوطاًإِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ(Lut, when he said to his people..) Lut (Lot) is the son of Haran the son of Azar (Terah), and he was the nephew of Ibrahim, peace be upon them both. Lut had believed in Ibrahim and migrated with him to the Sham area.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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