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Al-'Ankabut 28

Ayah 28 of 69 · Meccan

وَلُوطًا إِذۡ قَالَ لِقَوۡمِهِۦٓ إِنَّكُمۡ لَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلۡفَٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنۡ أَحَدٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٨

And [mention] Lot, when he said to his people, "Indeed, you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلُوطًاAnd Lutwalūṭan
  2. إِذۡwhenidh
  3. قَالَhe saidqāla
  4. لِقَوۡمِهِۦٓto his peopleliqawmihi
  5. إِنَّكُمۡIndeed, youinnakum
  6. لَتَأۡتُونَcommitlatatūna
  7. ٱلۡفَٰحِشَةَthe immoralityl-fāḥishata
  8. مَاnotmā
  9. سَبَقَكُمhas preceded yousabaqakum
  10. بِهَاwith itbihā
  11. مِنۡanymin
  12. أَحَدٖoneaḥadin
  13. مِّنَfrommina
  14. ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَthe worldsl-ʿālamīna

Tafsir

O Messenger, remember the story of Lot when he said to his people: You are committing a terrible sin that was not perpetrated before you by anyone in the whole world. You are the first to innovate this sin that goes against the sound nature of man.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran