سُوْرَةُ هُوْدٍ
Surah Hud (11) — Ayah 81
قَالُوا۟ يَـٰلُوطُ إِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَن يَصِلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكَ ۖ فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَكَ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ مُصِيبُهَا مَآ أَصَابَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ مَوْعِدَهُمُ ٱلصُّبْحُ ۚ أَلَيْسَ ٱلصُّبْحُ بِقَرِيبٍ ﴿81﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
They (messengers) said: "O Lût (Lot)! Verily, we are the messengers from your Lord! They shall not reach you! So travel with your family in a part of the night, and let not any of you look back; but your wife (will remain behind), verily, the punishment which will afflict them, will afflict her. Indeed, morning is their appointed time. Is not the morning near?"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They said
يَـٰلُوطُ
yālūṭu
O Lut
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, we
رُسُلُ
rusulu
(are) messengers
رَبِّكَ
rabbika
(of) your Lord
لَن
lan
never
يَصِلُوٓا۟
yaṣilū
they will reach
إِلَيْكَ ۖ
ilayka
you
فَأَسْرِ
fa-asri
So travel
بِأَهْلِكَ
bi-ahlika
with your family
بِقِطْعٍۢ
biqiṭ'ʿin
in a part
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلَّيْلِ
al-layli
the night
وَلَا
walā
and (let) not
يَلْتَفِتْ
yaltafit
look back
مِنكُمْ
minkum
anyone of you
أَحَدٌ
aḥadun
anyone of you
إِلَّا
illā
except
ٱمْرَأَتَكَ ۖ
im'ra-ataka
your wife
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed, it
مُصِيبُهَا
muṣībuhā
will strike her
مَآ
mā
what
أَصَابَهُمْ ۚ
aṣābahum
will strike them
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
مَوْعِدَهُمُ
mawʿidahumu
their appointed time
ٱلصُّبْحُ ۚ
l-ṣub'ḥu
(is) morning
أَلَيْسَ
alaysa
Is not
ٱلصُّبْحُ
l-ṣub'ḥu
the morning
بِقَرِيبٍۢ
biqarībin
near
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.
81. 1 When the angels witnessed the helplessness of Hazrat Lut ؑ and the rebellion of his people, they said, O Lut! There is no need to worry, not only can they not reach us, now they cannot reach you either. Now, in a part of the night, except for your wife, take your family and leave from here! As soon as morning comes, this town will be destroyed.
