15:51
وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ
wanabbi'hum
And inform them
عَن
an
about
ضَيۡفِ
dayfi
(the) guests
إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ
ib'rahima
(of) Ibrahim
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Tell them too about Abraham’s guests
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Tell them too about Abraham’s guests
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when they came to him and said, ‘Peace,’ he said, ‘We are afraid of you.’
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‘Do not be afraid,’ they said, ‘We bring you good news of a son who will have great knowledge.’
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He said, ‘How can you give me such news when old age has come to me? What sort of news is this?’
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They said, ‘We have told you the truth, so do not despair.’
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He said, ‘Who but the misguided despair of the mercy of their Lord?’
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and then asked, ‘Messengers, what is your errand?’
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They replied, ‘We have been sent to a people who are guilty.’
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But We shall save the household of Lot
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all except his wife: We have decreed that she will be one of those who stay behind
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When the messengers came to the household of Lot
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he said, ‘You are strangers.’
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They said, ‘We have brought you what they said would never happen
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we have brought you the Truth. We speak truly
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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.’
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We made this decree known to him: the last remnants of those people would be wiped out in the morning
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The people of the town came along, revelling
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and he told them, ‘These are my guests, do not disgrace me
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Fear God, and do not shame me.’
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They answered, ‘Have we not told you not to interfere [between us and] anyone else?’
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He said, ‘My daughters are here, if you must.’
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By your life [Prophet], they wandered on in their wild intoxication
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and the blast overtook them at sunrise
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We turned their city upside down and rained on them a shower of clay stones
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There truly is a sign in this for those who can learn
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