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Surah Al-Hijr · سُوْرَةُ الْحِجْرِ · Juz 14

Q 15:57

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

Translations

[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"
Sahih International · EN
Et il [leur] dit: «Que voulez-vous, ô envoyés d'Allah?»
Muhammad Hamidullah · FR

Tafsir

Abraham said: What is the matter that has brought you - O Messengers - from Allah?

Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir al-Quran · Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies
Read Ibn Kathir (Ibn Kathir (abridged, English))
He said: "What then is the business for which you have come, O messengers? (57)They said: "We have been sent to a guilty people. (58)"(All) except the family of Lut, all of whom we are to save (from the destruction). (59)"Except for his wife, of whom We have decreed that she shall be of those who remain behind. (60) The Reason why the Angels came Allah tells us that after Ibrahim had calmed down from the excitement of this good news, he started to ask them why they had come to him. They said, إِنَّا أُرْسِلْنَا إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ (We have been sent to a guilty people.) meaning the people of Lut. They told him that they were going to save the family of Lut from among those people, except for his wife, because she was one of those who were doomed. Thus it was said, إِلَّا امْرَأَتَهُ قَدَّرْنَا ۙ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ الْغَابِرِينَ (Except for his wife, of whom We have decreed that she shall be of those who remain behind.) i.e., she was one of those who would be left behind and will be destroyed.

Arabic text: Tanzil (Uthmani). Translations: Sahih International (en), Muhammad Hamidullah (fr). tanzil.net