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Al-A'raf 80

Ayah 80 of 206 · Meccan

وَلُوطًا إِذۡ قَالَ لِقَوۡمِهِۦٓ أَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلۡفَٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنۡ أَحَدٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٨٠

And [We had sent] Lot when he said to his people, "Do you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds [i.e., peoples]?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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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(such) immoralityl-fāḥishata
  7. مَاnotmā
  8. سَبَقَكُمhas preceded yousabaqakum
  9. بِهَاthereinbihā
  10. مِنۡanymin
  11. أَحَدٖoneaḥadin
  12. مِّنَofmina
  13. ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَthe worldsl-ʿālamīna

Tafsir

Allah sent Lot to his people to call them to belief in the Oneness of Allah and to stop them from rebelling against Him. He said: 'Do you commit such a forbidden and shameful act as sodomy, when no one before you has committed such a crime!'

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran