Surah Al-A'raf 7:83 — translation and meaning
الأعراف · Verse 83 / 206 · Page 161
فَأَنجَيْنَاهُ وَأَهْلَهُ إِلَّا امْرَأَتَهُ كَانَتْ مِنَ الْغَابِرِينَ
Word by Word
فَأَنجَيْنَاهُ
fa-anjaynahu
So We saved him
وَأَهْلَهُ
wa-ahlahu
and his family
إِلَّا
illa
except
امْرَأَتَهُ
im'ra-atahu
his wife
كَانَتْ
kanat
she was
مِنَ
mina
of
الْغَابِرِينَ
al-ghabirina
those who stayed behind
Transliteration
Fa anjainaahu wa ahlahooo illam ra atahoo kaanat minal ghaabireen
Translation
So We saved him and his family, except for his wife; she was of those who remained [with the evildoers].
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
So Allah saved Lot and his family by instructing them to leave the city by night. His family were saved except for his wife, who remained behind in the city and suffered the same punishment as the rest.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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