Surah Al-'Ankabut 29:31 — translation and meaning

العنكبوت · Verse 31 / 69 · Page 400

ۖ وَلَمَّا جَاءَتْ رُسُلُنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ بِالْبُشْرَى قَالُوا إِنَّا مُهْلِكُو أَهْلِ هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ إِنَّ أَهْلَهَا كَانُوا ظَالِمِينَ

Word by Word

ۖ
وَلَمَّا
walamma
And when
جَاءَتْ
jaat
came
رُسُلُنَا
rusuluna
Our messengers
إِبْرَاهِيمَ
ib'rahima
(to) Ibrahim
بِالْبُشْرَى
bil-bush'ra
with the glad tidings
قَالُوا
qalu
they said
إِنَّا
inna
Indeed we
مُهْلِكُو
muh'liku
(are) going to destroy
أَهْلِ
ahli
(the) people
هَذِهِ
hadhihi
(of) this
الْقَرْيَةِ
al-qaryati
town
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
أَهْلَهَا
ahlaha
its people
كَانُوا
kanu
are
ظَالِمِينَ
zalimina
wrongdoers

Transliteration

Wa lammaa jaaa'at Rusulunaaa Ibraaheema bil bushraa qaalooo innaa muhlikoo ahli haazihil qaryati inna ahlahaa kaanoo zaalimeen

Translation

And when Our messengers came to Abraham with the good tidings, they said, "Indeed, we will destroy the people of that Lot's city. Indeed, its people have been wrongdoers."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

When the angels whom I had sent came to give good news to Abraham of Isaac and after him his son, Jacob, they said to him: We are going to destroy the people of the town of Sodom, the town of the people of Lot. Its people were wrongdoers because of the obscene act that they were doing.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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