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Verse 166of 227

وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ﴿١٦٦

Translation (Sahih International)

And leave what your Lord has created for you as mates? But you are a people transgressing."

Word-by-word meaning

وَتَذَرُونَwatadharūnaAnd you leave
مَاwhat
خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
لَكُمْlakumfor you
رَبُّكُمrabbukumyour Lord
مِّنْminof
أَزْوَٰجِكُم ۚazwājikumyour mates
بَلْbalNay
أَنتُمْantumyou
قَوْمٌqawmun(are) a people
عَادُونَʿādūnatransgressing

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Lut's Denunciation of His People's Deeds, Their Response and Their PunishmentThe Prophet of Allah forbade them from committing evil deeds and intercourse with males, and he taught them that they should have intercourse with their wives whom Allah had created for them.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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