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Al-Hijr (The Rocky Tract)

Verse 65of 99

فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱتَّبِعْ أَدْبَٰرَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌۭ وَٱمْضُوا۟ حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ﴿٦٥

Translation (Sahih International)

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."

Word-by-word meaning

فَأَسْرِfa-asriSo travel
بِأَهْلِكَbi-ahlikawith your family
بِقِطْعٍۢbiqiṭ'ʿinin a portion
مِّنَminaof
ٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe night
وَٱتَّبِعْwa-ittabiʿand follow
أَدْبَـٰرَهُمْadbārahumtheir backs
وَلَاwalāand not
يَلْتَفِتْyaltafitlet look back
مِنكُمْminkumamong you
أَحَدٌۭaḥadunanyone
وَٱمْضُوا۟wa-im'ḍūand go on
حَيْثُḥaythuwhere
تُؤْمَرُونَtu'marūnayou are ordered

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Lut is ordered to leave with His Family during the NightAllah tells us that His angels ordered Lut to set out after part of the night had passed. They told him to walk behind them, to protect them. Similarly, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would walk in the rear of the army on military campaigns, in order to help the weak and carry those who had no means of transport.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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