سُوْرَةُ النَّمْلِ
Surah An-Naml (27) — Ayah 55
أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ ﴿55﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"Do you practise your lusts on men instead of women? Nay, but you are a people who behave senselessly."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَئِنَّكُمْ
a-innakum
Why do you
لَتَأْتُونَ
latatūna
approach
ٱلرِّجَالَ
l-rijāla
the men
شَهْوَةًۭ
shahwatan
(with) lust
مِّن
min
instead of
دُونِ
dūni
instead of
ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ
l-nisāi
the women
بَلْ
bal
Nay
أَنتُمْ
antum
you
قَوْمٌۭ
qawmun
(are) a people
تَجْهَلُونَ
tajhalūna
ignorant
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.
55-1. This repetition is for rebuke, that this shamelessness is the same liwat that you commit as unnatural lust with men, leaving women.
55-2. Or you are unaware of its prohibition or of the punishment for this sin. Otherwise, perhaps you would not do this act.
55-2. Or you are unaware of its prohibition or of the punishment for this sin. Otherwise, perhaps you would not do this act.
