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An-Naml 54

Ayah 54 of 93 · Meccan

وَلُوطًا إِذۡ قَالَ لِقَوۡمِهِۦٓ أَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلۡفَٰحِشَةَ وَأَنتُمۡ تُبۡصِرُونَ ٥٤

And [mention] Lot, when he said to his people, "Do you commit immorality1 while you are seeing?2

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Homosexual acts.

2 i.e., openly. Another meaning is "...while you are aware [that it is wrong]."

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلُوطًاAnd Lutwalūṭan
  2. إِذۡwhenidh
  3. قَالَhe saidqāla
  4. لِقَوۡمِهِۦٓto his peopleliqawmihi
  5. أَتَأۡتُونَDo you commitatatūna
  6. ٱلۡفَٰحِشَةَ[the] immoralityl-fāḥishata
  7. وَأَنتُمۡwhile youwa-antum
  8. تُبۡصِرُونَseetub'ṣirūna

Tafsir

O Messenger, remember Lot when he said to his people, reprimanding them and criticising them: “Do you come to the indecent act, which is sodomy in your meetings, openly watching one another?

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