سُوْرَةُ الْقَمَرِ
Surah Al-Qamar (54) — Ayah 37
وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ ﴿37﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And they indeed sought to shame his guest (by asking to commit sodomy with them). So We blinded their eyes, (saying) "Then taste you My Torment and My Warnings."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
رَٰوَدُوهُ
rāwadūhu
they demanded from him
عَن
ʿan
they demanded from him
ضَيْفِهِۦ
ḍayfihi
his guests
فَطَمَسْنَآ
faṭamasnā
so We blinded
أَعْيُنَهُمْ
aʿyunahum
their eyes
فَذُوقُوا۟
fadhūqū
So taste
عَذَابِى
ʿadhābī
My punishment
وَنُذُرِ
wanudhuri
and My warnings
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.
37. 1. Either they deceived or demanded from Lot (AS) his guests. The meaning is that when the people of Lot (AS) found out that a few handsome young men had come to Lot (AS) (who were actually angels and had come to inflict punishment upon them), they demanded from Prophet Lot (AS) that he hand over these guests to them so that they could satisfy their corrupted desires with them. (2) It is said that these angels were Jibril, Mikail, and Israfil (peace be upon them). When they insisted even more to take the angels (guests) with the intention of committing immorality, Jibril (AS) struck them with a part of his wing, due to which their eyeballs came out, and some say only their eyesight was taken away. In any case, before the general punishment, this special punishment befell those who had come to Prophet Lot (AS) with evil intentions. And being deprived of their eyes or sight, they returned home. And in the morning, they were destroyed in that general punishment which came upon the entire nation. (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
