سُوْرَةُ الْفُرْقَانِ
Surah Al-Furqaan (25) — Ayah 40
وَلَقَدْ أَتَوْا۟ عَلَى ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِىٓ أُمْطِرَتْ مَطَرَ ٱلسَّوْءِ ۚ أَفَلَمْ يَكُونُوا۟ يَرَوْنَهَا ۚ بَلْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ نُشُورًا ﴿40﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And indeed they have passed by the town [of Prophet Lût (Lot)] on which was rained the evil rain. Did they (disbelievers) not then see it (with their own eyes)? Nay! But they used not to expect any resurrection.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And verily
أَتَوْا۟
ataw
they have come
عَلَى
ʿalā
upon
ٱلْقَرْيَةِ
l-qaryati
the town
ٱلَّتِىٓ
allatī
which
أُمْطِرَتْ
um'ṭirat
was showered
مَطَرَ
maṭara
(with) a rain
ٱلسَّوْءِ ۚ
l-sawi
(of) evil
أَفَلَمْ
afalam
Then do not
يَكُونُوا۟
yakūnū
they [were]
يَرَوْنَهَا ۚ
yarawnahā
see it
بَلْ
bal
Nay
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they are
لَا
lā
not
يَرْجُونَ
yarjūna
expecting
نُشُورًۭا
nushūran
Resurrection
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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40. And surely, they have passed by the town upon which was rained the worst rain [52]. Have they not seen its ruins? But the truth is, they do not expect to be resurrected after death.
[52]
The Difference Between the Believer and the Denier of the Hereafter:
By this is meant the town of Lot (ʿalayhis-salām) or the region of Sodom. The trade caravans of these disbelievers of Makkah, when they travel to Syria and return, this region falls on their route. They have seen the desolation and ruin of this area many times with their own eyes, but they merely pass by it as spectators. They do not take any lesson from it, and this is only because they do not believe in being presented before Allah and receiving the punishment for their deeds. And this is the very difference between one who denies the Hereafter and one who believes in it. The denier of the Hereafter looks at such places merely as a spectator, whereas the believer in the Hereafter takes lessons and many admonitions from such places.
[52]
The Difference Between the Believer and the Denier of the Hereafter:
By this is meant the town of Lot (ʿalayhis-salām) or the region of Sodom. The trade caravans of these disbelievers of Makkah, when they travel to Syria and return, this region falls on their route. They have seen the desolation and ruin of this area many times with their own eyes, but they merely pass by it as spectators. They do not take any lesson from it, and this is only because they do not believe in being presented before Allah and receiving the punishment for their deeds. And this is the very difference between one who denies the Hereafter and one who believes in it. The denier of the Hereafter looks at such places merely as a spectator, whereas the believer in the Hereafter takes lessons and many admonitions from such places.
