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Ash-Shu'ara 171

Ayah 171 of 227 · Meccan

إِلَّا عَجُوزٗا فِي ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ ١٧١

Except an old woman1 among those who remained behind.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Lot's wife, who had collaborated with the evildoers.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِلَّاExceptillā
  2. عَجُوزٗاan old womanʿajūzan
  3. فِي(was) amongfī
  4. ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَthose who remained behindl-ghābirīna

Tafsir

Except for his wife because she was a disbeliever, so she ended up being one of those who perished and were destroyed.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran