سُوْرَةُ الْقَمَرِ

Surah Al-Qamar (54) — Ayah 36

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وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ﴿36﴾
And he [Lût (Lot)] indeed had warned them of Our Seizure (punishment), but they did doubt the warnings!
وَلَقَدْ walaqad And certainly
أَنذَرَهُم andharahum he warned them
بَطْشَتَنَا baṭshatanā (of) Our seizure
فَتَمَارَوْا۟ fatamāraw but they disputed
بِٱلنُّذُرِ bil-nudhuri the warnings

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(Ayah 36) {وَ لَقَدْ اَنْذَرَهُمْ بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا بِالنُّذُرِ: ’’تَمَارٰي يَتَمَارٰي تَمَارِيًا‘‘} (tafā‘ul) to doubt, to dispute. With "lām" and {’’قَدْ‘‘}, it carries the force of emphasis and oath, meaning: By oath, Lut (peace be upon him) had warned them of Our seizure, but they did not believe in this warning; rather, they remained in doubt and continued to argue and dispute about it.

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36. 1. That is, before the punishment came, they were warned of a severe seizure.
36. 2. But they paid no heed to it; rather, they doubted and kept arguing with the warners.

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36. (Lot) had certainly warned them of Our grasp, but they doubted the warning [26] and disputed it.

[26]
The Threats of the People to Sayyiduna Lut:

Sayyiduna Lutؑ did warn his people, but this wretched people neither valued his advice nor him himself. Instead, they began to threaten Lutؑ. If you are so pure, then leave our filthy town; otherwise, we ourselves will expel you from here. They also imposed this restriction on Sayyiduna Lutؑ that he should not give shelter to travelers and guests coming from outside. Otherwise, he himself would be responsible for the consequences. And the message that Lutؑ wanted to convey to them, warning them of their fate and making them fear accountability before Allah, these stubborn people were never going to accept. Instead, they would make absurd arguments and create disputes.