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أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةًۭ مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌۭ تَجْهَلُونَ﴿٥٥

Translation (Sahih International)

Do you indeed approach men with desire instead of women? Rather, you are a people behaving ignorantly."

Word-by-word meaning

أَئِنَّكُمْa-innakumWhy do you
لَتَأْتُونَlatatūnaapproach
ٱلرِّجَالَl-rijālathe men
شَهْوَةًۭshahwatan(with) lust
مِّنmininstead of
دُونِdūniinstead of
ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚl-nisāithe women
بَلْbalNay
أَنتُمْantumyou
قَوْمٌۭqawmun(are) a people
تَجْهَلُونَtajhalūnaignorant

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Lut and His PeopleAllah tells us about His servant and Messenger Lut, peace be upon him, and how he warned his people of Allah's punishment for committing an act of immorality which no human ever committed before them -- intercourse with males instead of females. This is a major sin, whereby men are satisfied with men and women are with women (i.e., homosexuality).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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