Surah An-Naml 27:54 — translation and meaning

النمل · Verse 54 / 93 · Page 381

وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ أَتَأْتُونَ الْفَاحِشَةَ وَأَنتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ

Word by Word

وَلُوطًا
walutan
And Lut
إِذْ
idh
when
قَالَ
qala
he said
لِقَوْمِهِ
liqawmihi
to his people
أَتَأْتُونَ
atatuna
Do you commit
الْفَاحِشَةَ
al-fahishata
[the] immorality
وَأَنتُمْ
wa-antum
while you
تُبْصِرُونَ
tub'siruna
see

Transliteration

Wa lootan iz qaala liqawmiheee ataatoonal faa hishata wa antum qawmun tajjhaloon

Translation

And [mention] Lot, when he said to his people, "Do you commit immorality while you are seeing?

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

O Messenger, remember Lot when he said to his people, reprimanding them and criticising them: “Do you come to the indecent act, which is sodomy in your meetings, openly watching one another?

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

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