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Al-Qamar 37

Ayah 37 of 55 · Meccan

وَلَقَدۡ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيۡفِهِۦ فَطَمَسۡنَآ أَعۡيُنَهُمۡ فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ٣٧

And they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and warning."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَقَدۡAnd certainlywalaqad
  2. رَٰوَدُوهُthey demanded from himrāwadūhu
  3. عَنthey demanded from himʿan
  4. ضَيۡفِهِۦhis guestsḍayfihi
  5. فَطَمَسۡنَآso We blindedfaṭamasnā
  6. أَعۡيُنَهُمۡtheir eyesaʿyunahum
  7. فَذُوقُواْSo tastefadhūqū
  8. عَذَابِيMy punishmentʿadhābī
  9. وَنُذُرِand My warningswanudhuri

Tafsir

Lot’s people tried to tempt him to give them access to the angels who were his guests with the intention of doing an indecent act. I obliterated their eyes so they did not see them and I said to them: Taste my punishment and the result of My warning to you.

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