سُوْرَةُ الْعَنْكَبُوْتِ
Surah Al-Ankaboot (29) — Ayah 31
وَلَمَّا جَآءَتْ رُسُلُنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ بِٱلْبُشْرَىٰ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا مُهْلِكُوٓا۟ أَهْلِ هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ۖ إِنَّ أَهْلَهَا كَانُوا۟ ظَـٰلِمِينَ ﴿31﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And when Our Messengers came to Ibrâhîm (Abraham) with the glad tidings they said: "Verily, we are going to destroy the people of this [Lût (Lot’s)] town (i.e. the town of Sodom in Palestine); truly, its people have been Zâlimûn [wrong-doers, polytheists disobedient to Allâh, and who belied their Messenger Lût (Lot)]."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَمَّا
walammā
And when
جَآءَتْ
jāat
came
رُسُلُنَآ
rusulunā
Our messengers
إِبْرَٰهِيمَ
ib'rāhīma
(to) Ibrahim
بِٱلْبُشْرَىٰ
bil-bush'rā
with the glad tidings
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
they said
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, we
مُهْلِكُوٓا۟
muh'likū
(are) going to destroy
أَهْلِ
ahli
(the) people
هَـٰذِهِ
hādhihi
(of) this
ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ۖ
l-qaryati
town
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
أَهْلَهَا
ahlahā
its people
كَانُوا۟
kānū
are
ظَـٰلِمِينَ
ẓālimīna
wrongdoers
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.
31-1. That is, the prayer of Hazrat Lut (علیہ السلام) was accepted and Allah Almighty sent angels to destroy them. Those angels first went to Hazrat Ibrahim (علیہ السلام) and gave him the glad tidings of Ishaq (علیہ السلام) and Yaqub (علیہ السلام), and also informed him that we have come to destroy the town of Lut (علیہ السلام).
