The Rock, Stoneland, Rock City — Verse 61
15:61 · al-Hijr
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فَلَمَّا جَاۤءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ٦١
falammā jāa āla lūṭin l-mur'salūn
The Rock, Stoneland, Rock City / al-Hijr (15:61)
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Q 15:8 (al-Hijr)
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Q 18:108 (al-Kahf)
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Q 38:54 (Sad)
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran 2 verses
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Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) 1 verse
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When the messengers came to the household of Lot
falammā jāa āla lūṭin l-mur'salūn
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Tafsir Commentary
The Angels coming to Lut
Allah tells us about when the angels came to Lut in the form of young men with handsome faces. When they entered his home, he said:
قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ - قَالُواْ بَلْ جِئْنَـكَ بِمَا كَانُواْ فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ
("Verily, you are people unknown to me." They said: "Nay, we have come to you with that (torment) which they have been doubting.") meaning that they were bringing the punishment and destruction that the people doubted they would ever suffer from.
وَآتَيْنَـكَ بِالْحَقِّ
(And we have brought you the truth) is like the Ayah,
مَا نُنَزِّلُ الْمَلَـئِكَةَ إِلاَّ بِالحَقِّ
(We do not send the angels down except with the truth) 15:8 and
وِإِنَّا لَصَـدِقُونَ
(and certainly, we tell the truth.) They said this in affirmation of the news that they brought him, that he would be saved and his people would be destroyed.
And when those who had been sent by God came to the family of Lot that is to Lot himself
فلما وصل الملائكة المرسلون إلى لوط، قال لهم: إنكم قوم غير معروفين لي.
يخبر تعالى عن لوط لما جاءته الملائكة في صورة شباب حسان الوجوه فدخلوا عليه داره.
قال الآلوسى : وقوله - تعالى - ( فَلَمَّا جَآءَ آلَ لُوطٍ المرسلون ) شروع فى بيان إهلاك المجرمين ، وتنجية آل لوط . ووضع الظاهر موضع الضمير ، للإِيذان بأن مجيئهم لتحقيق ما أرسلوا به من ذلك .
يقول تعالى ذكره: فلما أتى رسلُ الله آل لوط ، أنكرهم لوط فلم يعرفهم .
"فلما جاء آل لوط المرسلون".
تفريع على حكاية قصتهم مع إبراهيم وقد طوي ما هو معلوم من خروج الملائكة من عند إبراهيم . والتقدير : ففارقوه وذهبوا إلى لوط فلما جاءوا لوطاً .وعُبر بآل لوط عليه السلام لأنهم نزلوا في منزلة بين أهله فجاءوا آله وإن كان المقصود بالخطاب والمجيء هو لوط .
تفسير الآيتين 61 و 62 :ـ { فَلَمَّا جَاءَ آلَ لُوطٍ الْمُرْسَلُونَ قَالَ } لهم لوط { إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُنْكَرُونَ } أي: لا أعرفكم ولا أدري من أنتم.
لا يوجد تفسير لهذه الأية
It was one command with which the angels had gone to Abraham. It was another command with which they reached Lot. The first command was in the shape of a special gift from God and the second one was in the shape of God’s special punishment. Those angels had come to Lot in the shape of human beings. Their task was to carry into effect God’s verdict upon the prophet’s rejectors. According to the angels’ advice, Lot along with other people of the Faith, left the town in the darkness of the night. Thereafter, in the early morning the whole area was devastated by the explosions of a severe earthquake. All the deniers were summarily killed. Where did this devastation take place? It took place in this very world which they had considered their own world; in which all appeared to them their comrades and supporters. That very plan which a man considered his key to success becomes an instrument of destruction for him, if God so commands. That very palace of which a man is so proud is turned into a ruin, like a heap of debris descending upon him.
From verse 48: لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ (No weariness shall touch them therein nor will they be expelled from there), we learn about two features of Jannah: (1) No one shall ever feel tired or weak. This is contrary to what happens in our mortal world where hard work naturally results in fatigue. In fact, even a state of total rest and fun would sometimes tire a person out, no matter how enjoyable are things one is occupied with. (2) The other feature of Jannah we discover is that the blessings once received there shall be eternal. These blessings shall never diminish nor shall anyone be expelled from there. In Surah Sad, it was said:إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَرِزْقُنَا مَا لَهُ مِن نَّفَادٍ (This is sustenance provided by Us which is never to exhaust - 38:54). And in the present verse, it was said: وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ (nor will they be expelled from there) that is, they shall never be deprived of the state of bliss bestowed upon them. This is contrary to the affairs of the mortal world where the recipient of the best of conveniences lives under the apprehension that the Over of the facilities may become displeased with him one of those days and expel him out.
As for the third probability, that the blessings of Jannah may remain everlasting, nor one is expelled from there, but one may himself get bored by living there and wish to go out, the Qur’ an has demolished this probability in one sentence of Surah Al-Kahf with the following words: لَا يَبْغُونَ عَنْهَا حِوَلًا (That is, these people too would never seek to return from there - 18:108).
(And when the messengers) Gabriel and his helpers (came unto the family of Lot) to Lot,