Surah Al-Hijr, Ayah 61 (15:61)

ٱلْحِجْر

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

Quran 15:61 is ayah 61 of Surah Al-Hijr (“The Rocky Tract”), a Meccan surah of 99 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 265 of the Madani Mushaf.

15:61
فَلَمَّاجَآءَءَالَلُوطٍٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ٦١
falammā jāa āla lūṭin l-mur'salūna

And when the messengers came to the family of Lot,(61)

Word by word

  1. فَلَمَّاfalammāAnd when
  2. جَآءَjāacame
  3. ءَالَāla(to the) family
  4. لُوطٍlūṭin(of) Lut
  5. ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَl-mur'salūnathe messengers

Tafsir (commentary) of 15:61

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This commentary explains ayahs 15:61–64 together.

The Angels coming to Lut

Allah tells us about when the angels came to Lut in the form of young men with handsome faces. When they entered his home, he said:

قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ - قَالُواْ بَلْ جِئْنَـكَ بِمَا كَانُواْ فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ

("Verily, you are people unknown to me." They said: "Nay, we have come to you with that (torment) which they have been doubting.") meaning that they were bringing the punishment and destruction that the people doubted they would ever suffer from.

وَآتَيْنَـكَ بِالْحَقِّ

(And we have brought you the truth) is like the Ayah,

مَا نُنَزِّلُ الْمَلَـئِكَةَ إِلاَّ بِالحَقِّ

(We do not send the angels down except with the truth) 15:8 and

وِإِنَّا لَصَـدِقُونَ

(and certainly, we tell the truth.) They said this in affirmation of the news that they brought him, that he would be saved and his people would be destroyed.

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