سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 80
وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِّنَ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿80﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And (remember) Lût (Lot), when he said to his people: "Do you commit the worst sin such as none preceding you has committed in the ‘Âlamîn (mankind and jinn)?
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلُوطًا
walūṭan
And Lut
إِذْ
idh
when
قَالَ
qāla
he said
لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ
liqawmihi
to his people
أَتَأْتُونَ
atatūna
Do you commit
ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَ
l-fāḥishata
(such) immorality
مَا
mā
not
سَبَقَكُم
sabaqakum
has preceded you
بِهَا
bihā
therein
مِنْ
min
any
أَحَدٍۢ
aḥadin
one
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
l-ʿālamīna
the worlds
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.
80. 1. These were Prophet Lut (Lot) (AS), the nephew of Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) (AS), and among those who believed in Prophet Ibrahim (AS). Then Allah Almighty sent him as a prophet to a region. This region was between Jordan and Bayt al-Maqdis, which was called Sodom. This land was lush and fertile, and there was abundance of all kinds of grains and fruits. The Quran has mentioned this place with the words مُئْوتَفِکَۃ, ُ or مؤْتَفِکَات, ُ. Prophet Lut (AS), most likely at the very beginning or along with the call to monotheism (which was the fundamental call of every prophet and which they would first present to their people, as can be seen in the references to previous prophets just mentioned), identified and explained the evil of the major corruption among the people of Lut, which was men committing indecency with men. The reason for this seems to be that this is a sin which was first committed in the world by the people of Lut, and the act itself became known as "Liwat." Therefore, it was deemed appropriate to first warn the people about the danger of this crime. Moreover, the call to monotheism would have already reached here through Prophet Ibrahim (AS). There is a difference of opinion among the Imams regarding the punishment for liwat: according to some Imams, its punishment is the same as that for adultery, i.e., if the offender is married, then stoning to death (rajm), and if unmarried, then one hundred lashes. According to others, its punishment is only stoning to death (rajm), regardless of the offender's status, and according to some, both the active and passive participants should be killed. However, Imam Abu Hanifa is of the opinion that only a discretionary (ta'zir) punishment should be given, not a fixed (hadd) punishment.
