Verse 15:64 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
60
إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرۡنَاۤ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ ٱلۡغَـٰبِرِینَ ٦٠
illā im'ra-atahu qaddarnā innahā lamina l-ghābirīn
all except his wife: We have decreed that she will be one of those who stay behind
61
فَلَمَّا جَاۤءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ٦١
falammā jāa āla lūṭin l-mur'salūn
When the messengers came to the household of Lot
62
قَالَ إِنَّكُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ مُّنكَرُونَ ٦٢
qāla innakum qawmun munkarūn
he said, ‘You are strangers.’
63
قَالُوا۟ بَلۡ جِئۡنَـٰكَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ فِیهِ یَمۡتَرُونَ ٦٣
qālū bal ji'nāka bimā kānū fīhi yamtarūn
They said, ‘We have brought you what they said would never happen
64
وَأَتَیۡنَـٰكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَـٰدِقُونَ ٦٤
wa-ataynāka bil-ḥaqi wa-innā laṣādiqūn
we have brought you the Truth. We speak truly
65
فَأَسۡرِ بِأَهۡلِكَ بِقِطۡعࣲ مِّنَ ٱلَّیۡلِ وَٱتَّبِعۡ أَدۡبَـٰرَهُمۡ وَلَا یَلۡتَفِتۡ مِنكُمۡ أَحَدࣱ وَٱمۡضُوا۟ حَیۡثُ تُؤۡمَرُونَ ٦٥
fa-asri bi-ahlika biqiṭ'ʿin mina al-layli wa-ittabiʿ adbārahum walā yaltafit minkum aḥadun wa-im'ḍū ḥaythu tu'marūn
so leave in the dead of the night with your household, and walk behind them. Let none of you look back. Go where you are commanded.’
66
وَقَضَیۡنَاۤ إِلَیۡهِ ذَ ٰلِكَ ٱلۡأَمۡرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ مَقۡطُوعࣱ مُّصۡبِحِینَ ٦٦
waqaḍaynā ilayhi dhālika l-amra anna dābira hāulāi maqṭūʿun muṣ'biḥīn
We made this decree known to him: the last remnants of those people would be wiped out in the morning
67
وَجَاۤءَ أَهۡلُ ٱلۡمَدِینَةِ یَسۡتَبۡشِرُونَ ٦٧
wajāa ahlu l-madīnati yastabshirūn
The people of the town came along, revelling
68
قَالَ إِنَّ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ ضَیۡفِی فَلَا تَفۡضَحُونِ ٦٨
qāla inna hāulāi ḍayfī falā tafḍaḥūn
and he told them, ‘These are my guests, do not disgrace me
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