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Tafsir · Surah As-Saffat 37:136

37:133

وَإِنَّ لُوطًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

And indeed, Lot was among the messengers.

37:134

إِذْ نَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

[So mention] when We saved him and his family, all,

37:135

إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ

Except an old woman [i.e., his wife] among those who remained [with the evildoers].

37:136

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ

Then We destroyed the others.

37:137

وَإِنَّكُمْ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهِم مُّصْبِحِينَ

And indeed, you pass by them in the morning

37:138

وَبِٱلَّيْلِ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

And at night. Then will you not use reason?

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Hafiz Ibn Kathir · English

This tafsir covers verses 37:133, 37:134, 37:135, 37:136, 37:137, 37:138 together.

The Destruction of the People of Lut (Lot)

Allah tells us that He sent His servant and Messenger Lut, peace be upon him, to his people, and they denied him, so Allah saved him from among them, him and his family with the exception of his wife, who was destroyed along with her people. Allah destroyed them with different kinds of punishments, and made their vicinity a foul, stinking lake which is on a well-travelled route where people pass by night and day (i.e., the Dead Sea, which lays close to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah on the highway between Arabia and Syria). Allah says:

وَإِنَّكُمْ لَّتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهِمْ مُّصْبِحِينَ - وَبِالَّيْلِ أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ

(Verily, you pass by them in the morning. And at night; will you not then reflect) meaning, `will you not learn a lesson from them and how Allah destroyed them, and realize that a similar end awaits the disbelievers.'

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