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Surah Hud (11) — Ayah 78
وَجَآءَهُۥ قَوْمُهُۥ يُهْرَعُونَ إِلَيْهِ وَمِن قَبْلُ كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ ۚ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِى هُنَّ أَطْهَرُ لَكُمْ ۖ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ فِى ضَيْفِىٓ ۖ أَلَيْسَ مِنكُمْ رَجُلٌ رَّشِيدٌ ﴿78﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And his people came rushing towards him, and since aforetime they used to commit crimes (sodomy), he said: "O my people! Here are my daughters (i.e. the women of the nation), they are purer for you (if you marry them lawfully). So fear Allâh and degrace me not with regard to my guests! Is there not among you a single right-minded man?"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَجَآءَهُۥ
wajāahu
And came (to) him
قَوْمُهُۥ
qawmuhu
his people
يُهْرَعُونَ
yuh'raʿūna
rushing
إِلَيْهِ
ilayhi
to him
وَمِن
wamin
and before
قَبْلُ
qablu
and before
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they (had) been
يَعْمَلُونَ
yaʿmalūna
doing
ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ ۚ
l-sayiāti
the evil deeds
قَالَ
qāla
He said
يَـٰقَوْمِ
yāqawmi
O my people
هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ
hāulāi
These
بَنَاتِى
banātī
(are) my daughters
هُنَّ
hunna
they
أَطْهَرُ
aṭharu
(are) purer
لَكُمْ ۖ
lakum
for you
فَٱتَّقُوا۟
fa-ittaqū
So fear
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تُخْزُونِ
tukh'zūni
disgrace me
فِى
fī
concerning
ضَيْفِىٓ ۖ
ḍayfī
my guests
أَلَيْسَ
alaysa
Is (there) not
مِنكُمْ
minkum
among you
رَجُلٌۭ
rajulun
a man
رَّشِيدٌۭ
rashīdun
right-minded
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
78. 1 When those afflicted with the disease of sodomy found out that a few handsome young men had come to the house of Lut (عليه السلام), they came running and insisted on taking them with them, so that they could fulfill their wrongful desires with them.
78. 2 That is, if your intention is only to satisfy your sexual desire, then my own daughters are available for this purpose, whom you may marry and fulfill your objective. This is better for you in every way. Some have said that by "daughters" is meant the general women, and he called them his daughters because a prophet is, in a way, a father to his community. The meaning is that women are available for this purpose, so marry them and fulfill your objective (Ibn Kathir).
78. 3 That is, do not disgrace me by committing excess and force with my guests who have come to my house. Is there not a single sensible man among you who can understand the requirements and delicacy of hospitality, and can restrain you from your evil intentions? Prophet Lut (عليه السلام) said all these things on the basis that he actually considered these angels to be newly arrived travelers and guests. Therefore, he rightly considered opposing them necessary for his own honor and dignity. If he had known or if he had been aware of the unseen, then obviously he would not have faced this distress at all, which he did, and whose depiction the Quran has presented here.
78. 2 That is, if your intention is only to satisfy your sexual desire, then my own daughters are available for this purpose, whom you may marry and fulfill your objective. This is better for you in every way. Some have said that by "daughters" is meant the general women, and he called them his daughters because a prophet is, in a way, a father to his community. The meaning is that women are available for this purpose, so marry them and fulfill your objective (Ibn Kathir).
78. 3 That is, do not disgrace me by committing excess and force with my guests who have come to my house. Is there not a single sensible man among you who can understand the requirements and delicacy of hospitality, and can restrain you from your evil intentions? Prophet Lut (عليه السلام) said all these things on the basis that he actually considered these angels to be newly arrived travelers and guests. Therefore, he rightly considered opposing them necessary for his own honor and dignity. If he had known or if he had been aware of the unseen, then obviously he would not have faced this distress at all, which he did, and whose depiction the Quran has presented here.
