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قَالُوا۟ يَٰلُوطُ إِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَن يَصِلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكَ ۖ فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَكَ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ مُصِيبُهَا مَآ أَصَابَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ مَوْعِدَهُمُ ٱلصُّبْحُ ۚ أَلَيْسَ ٱلصُّبْحُ بِقَرِيبٍۢ﴿٨١

Translation (Sahih International)

The angels said, "O Lot, indeed we are messengers of your Lord; [therefore], they will never reach you. So set out with your family during a portion of the night and let not any among you look back - except your wife; indeed, she will be struck by that which strikes them. Indeed, their appointment is [for] the morning. Is not the morning near?"

Word-by-word meaning

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
يَـٰلُوطُyālūṭuO Lut
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
رُسُلُrusulu(are) messengers
رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
لَنlannever
يَصِلُوٓا۟yaṣilūthey will reach
إِلَيْكَ ۖilaykayou
فَأَسْرِfa-asriSo travel
بِأَهْلِكَbi-ahlikawith your family
بِقِطْعٍۢbiqiṭ'ʿinin a part
مِّنَminaof
ٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe night
وَلَاwalāand (let) not
يَلْتَفِتْyaltafitlook back
مِنكُمْminkumanyone of you
أَحَدٌaḥadunanyone of you
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱمْرَأَتَكَ ۖim'ra-atakayour wife
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, it
مُصِيبُهَاmuṣībuhāwill strike her
مَآwhat
أَصَابَهُمْ ۚaṣābahumwill strike them
إِنَّinnaIndeed
مَوْعِدَهُمُmawʿidahumutheir appointed time
ٱلصُّبْحُ ۚl-ṣub'ḥu(is) morning
أَلَيْسَalaysaIs not
ٱلصُّبْحُl-ṣub'ḥuthe morning
بِقَرِيبٍۢbiqarībinnear

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Lut's Inability, His Desire for Strength and the Angels' Informing Him of the RealityAllah, the Exalted says that Lut was threatening them with his statement,لَوْ أَنَّ لِى بِكُمْ قُوَّةً(Would that I had strength (men) to overpower you,) meaning, `I would surely have made an example of you and done (harm) to you from myself and my family.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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