إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٖۖ نَّجَّيۡنَٰهُم بِسَحَرٖ ٣٤
Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- إِنَّآIndeed, Weinnā
- أَرۡسَلۡنَا[We] sentarsalnā
- عَلَيۡهِمۡupon themʿalayhim
- حَاصِبًاa storm of stonesḥāṣiban
- إِلَّآexceptillā
- ءَالَ(the) familyāla
- لُوطٖۖ(of) Lutlūṭin
- نَّجَّيۡنَٰهُمWe saved themnajjaynāhum
- بِسَحَرٖby dawnbisaḥarin
Tafsir
I sent on them a wind that threw stones on them except the family of Lot (peace be upon him). The punishment did not afflict them, as I had rescued them from it as he had travelled away with them before the punishment came down in the last part of the night.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran