Verse 26:170 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
166
وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمۡ رَبُّكُم مِّنۡ أَزۡوَ ٰجِكُمۚ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمٌ عَادُونَ ١٦٦
watadharūna mā khalaqa lakum rabbukum min azwājikum bal antum qawmun ʿādūn
and abandon the wives that God has created for you? You are exceeding all bounds,’
167
قَالُوا۟ لَىِٕن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ یَـٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡرَجِینَ ١٦٧
qālū la-in lam tantahi yālūṭu latakūnanna mina l-mukh'rajīn
but they replied, ‘Lot! If you do not stop this, you will be driven away.’
168
قَالَ إِنِّی لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقَالِینَ ١٦٨
qāla innī liʿamalikum mina l-qālīn
So he said, ‘I loathe what you do
169
رَبِّ نَجِّنِی وَأَهۡلِی مِمَّا یَعۡمَلُونَ ١٦٩
rabbi najjinī wa-ahlī mimmā yaʿmalūn
Lord, save me and my family from what they are doing.’
170
فَنَجَّیۡنَـٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥۤ أَجۡمَعِینَ ١٧٠
fanajjaynāhu wa-ahlahu ajmaʿīn
We saved him and all his family
171
إِلَّا عَجُوزࣰا فِی ٱلۡغَـٰبِرِینَ ١٧١
illā ʿajūzan fī l-ghābirīn
except for an old woman who stayed behind
172
ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا ٱلۡءَاخَرِینَ ١٧٢
thumma dammarnā l-ākharīn
then We destroyed the others
173
وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَیۡهِم مَّطَرࣰاۖ فَسَاۤءَ مَطَرُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِینَ ١٧٣
wa-amṭarnā ʿalayhim maṭaran fasāa maṭaru l-mundharīn
and poured a rain of destruction down upon them. How dreadful that rain was for those who had been forewarned
174
إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ١٧٤
inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn
There truly is a sign in this, though most of them will not believe
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