The Poets — Verse 173
26:173 · ash-Shu`ara`
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وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَیۡهِم مَّطَرࣰاۖ فَسَاۤءَ مَطَرُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِینَ ١٧٣
wa-amṭarnā ʿalayhim maṭaran fasāa maṭaru l-mundharīn
The Poets / ash-Shu`ara` (26:173)
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and poured a rain of destruction down upon them. How dreadful that rain was for those who had been forewarned
wa-amṭarnā ʿalayhim maṭaran fasāa maṭaru l-mundharīn
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Lut's Denunciation of His People's Deeds, Their Response and Their Punishment
The Prophet of Allah forbade them from committing evil deeds and intercourse with males, and he taught them that they should have intercourse with their wives whom Allah had created for them. Their response was only to say:
لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يلُوطُ
(If you cease not, O Lut,) meaning, `if you do not give up what you have brought,'
لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُخْرَجِينَ
(verily, you will be one of those who are driven out!) meaning, `we will expel you from among us.' This is like the Ayah,
فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِ إِلاَّ أَن قَالُواْ أَخْرِجُواْ ءَالَ لُوطٍ مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ إِنَّهمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ
(There was no other answer given by his people except that they said: "Drive out the family of Lut from your city. Verily, these are men who want to be clean and pure!") (27:56). When he saw that they would not give up their ways, and that they were persisting in their misguidance, he declared his innocence of them, saying:
إِنِّى لِعَمَلِكُمْ مِّنَ الْقَـلِينَ
(I am, indeed, of those who disapprove with severe anger and fury) `Of those who are outraged, I do not like it and I do not accept it, and I have nothing to do with you. ' Then he prayed to Allah against them and said:
رَبِّ نَّجِنِى وَأَهْلِى مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ
(My Lord! Save me and my family from what they do.) Allah says:
فَنَجَّيْنَـهُ وَأَهْلَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ - إِلاَّ عَجُوزاً فِى الْغَـبِرِينَ
(So, We saved him and his family, all. Except an old woman among those who remained behind.) This was his wife, who was a bad old woman. She stayed behind and was destroyed with whoever else was left. This is similar to what Allah says about them in Surat Al-A`raf and Surah Hud, and in Surat Al-Hijr, where Allah commanded him to take his family at night, except for his wife, and not to turn around when they heard the Sayhah as it came upon his people. So they patiently obeyed the command of Allah and persevered, and Allah sent upon the people a punishment which struck them all, and rained upon them stones of baked clay, piled up. Allah says:
ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا الاٌّخَرِينَ وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَّطَرًا
(Then afterward We destroyed the others. And We rained on them a rain) until Allah's saying;
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
(And verily, your Lord, He is indeed the All-Mighty, the Most Merciful. )
كَذَّبَ أَصْحَـبُ لْـَيْكَةِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ - إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلاَ تَتَّقُونَ إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
and We rained on them a rain We rained on them stones — this detail pertains to the previous statement concerning their destruction — and evil was their rain the rain of those who were warned!
ثم أهلكنا مَن عداهم من الكفرة أشدَّ إهلاك، وأنزلنا عليهم حجارة من السماء كالمطر أهلكتهم، فقَبُحَ مطرُ من أنذرهم رسلهم ولم يستجيبوا لهم؛ فقد أُنزل بهم أشدُّ أنواع الهلاك والتدمير.
وأنزل الله على أولئك العذاب الذي عم جميعهم وأمطر عليهم حجارة من سجيل منضود. ولهذا قال تعالى "ثم دمرنا الآخرين وأمطرنا عليهم مطرا" - إلى قوله - "وإن ربك لهو العزيز الرحيم".
( وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم ) بعد ذلك الإهلاك ( مَّطَراً ) عجيبا أمره فقد كان نوعا من الحجارة ، كما جاء فى آية أخرى فى قوله : - تعالى - : ( وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ مَّنْضُودٍ ) وقوله - سبحانه - : ( فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ المنذرين ) بيان لسوء مصيرهم .أى : دمرنا هؤلاء القوم ، وأمطرنا عليهم مطرا من الحجارة زيادة فى إهانتهم ، فساءت عاقبتهم ، وتحقق ما أنذرناهم به من دمار .
يقول تعالى ذكره: ثم أهلكنا الآخرين من قوم لوط بالتدمير.( وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَطَرًا ) وذلك إرسال الله عليهم حجارة من سجيل من السماء.( فَسَاءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ ) يقول: فبئس ذلك المطر مطر القوم الذين أنذرهم نبيهم فكذّبوه.
( وأمطرنا عليهم مطرا فساء مطر المنذرين ) قال وهب بن منبه : الكبريت والنار .
وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَطَرًا فَسَاءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ (173)والمطر : الماء الذي يسقط من السحاب على الأرض .والإمطار : إنزال المطر ، يقال : أمطرت السماء . وسمي ما أصابهم من الحجارة مطراً لأن نزل عليهم من الجو . وقيل هو من مقذوفات براكين في بلادهم أثارتها زلازل الخسف فهو تشبيه بليغ .و ( سَاء ) فعل ذمَ بمعنى بئس . وفي قوله : { المنذرين } تسجيل عليهم بأنهم أُنذروا فلم ينتذروا .
وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَطَرًا أي حجارة من سجيل فَسَاءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ أهلكهم الله عن آخرهم.
وأمطرنا عليهم مطرا يعني الحجارة فساء مطر المنذرين وقيل : إن جبريل خسف بقريتهم وجعل عاليها سافلها ، ثم أتبعها الله بالحجارة .
The area to the south and east of the Dead Sea now appears to be deserted. But, from 2300 to 1900 B.C., it was a very flourishing area, inhabited by the people of Lot. In spite of his continuous preaching, they did not reform themselves. On the contrary, they were out to kill him. Then they were destroyed by a severe earthquake. One part of this area is buried in the Dead Sea, while the other part exists only in the shape of ruins. This event happened four thousand years ago. Lot’s wife could not rise above the traditions of her community. In spite of being the prophet’s wife, she remained loyal to her community’s religion. As a result, when God’s punishment was administered, she was killed along with the common unbelievers.
وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا ۖ فَسَاءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنذَرِينَ
and subjected them to a terrible rain. So evil was the rain of those who were warned. - 26:173
This verse has confirmed that if a man commits sodomy, he may be punished with throwing a wall on him or by throwing him down from a high place, as suggested by Hanafi scholars, because the people of Lut (علیہ السلام) were destroyed in a similar manner. Their township was lifted and thrown on the ground. (Shami Kitab Al-Hudud)
(And We rained on them) on their sodomites and travellers (a rain) of stones. (And dreadful is the rain of those who have been warned) evil is the rain of stones for those who were warned by Lot but did not believe.