Surah Hud, Ayah 81 (11:81)

هُود

قَالُوا۟ يَٰلُوطُ إِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَن يَصِلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكَ ۖ فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ …

Quran 11:81 is ayah 81 of Surah Hud (“Hud”), a Meccan surah of 123 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 230 of the Madani Mushaf.

11:81
قَالُوا۟يَٰلُوطُإِنَّارُسُلُرَبِّكَلَنيَصِلُوٓا۟إِلَيْكَ ۖفَأَسْرِبِأَهْلِكَبِقِطْعٍمِّنَٱلَّيْلِوَلَايَلْتَفِتْمِنكُمْأَحَدٌإِلَّاٱمْرَأَتَكَ ۖإِنَّهُۥمُصِيبُهَامَآأَصَابَهُمْ ۚإِنَّمَوْعِدَهُمُٱلصُّبْحُ ۚأَلَيْسَٱلصُّبْحُبِقَرِيبٍ٨١
qālū yālūṭu innā rusulu rabbika lan yaṣilū ilayka fa-asri bi-ahlika biqiṭ'ʿin mina al-layli walā yaltafit minkum aḥadun illā im'ra-ataka innahu muṣībuhā mā aṣābahum inna mawʿidahumu l-ṣub'ḥu alaysa l-ṣub'ḥu biqarībin

They [the angels] said, "O Lot, indeed we are messengers of your Lord; [therefore], they will never reach you. So set out with your family during a portion of the night and let not any among you look back - except your wife; indeed, she will be struck by that which strikes them. Indeed, their appointment is [for] the morning. Is not the morning near?"(81)

Word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
  2. يَٰلُوطُyālūṭuO Lut
  3. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
  4. رُسُلُrusulu(are) messengers
  5. رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
  6. لَنlannever
  7. يَصِلُوٓا۟yaṣilūthey will reach
  8. إِلَيْكَ ۖilaykayou
  9. فَأَسْرِfa-asriSo travel
  10. بِأَهْلِكَbi-ahlikawith your family
  11. بِقِطْعٍbiqiṭ'ʿinin a part
  12. مِّنَminaof
  13. ٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe night
  14. وَلَاwalāand (let) not
  15. يَلْتَفِتْyaltafitlook back
  16. مِنكُمْminkumanyone of you
  17. أَحَدٌaḥadunanyone of you
  18. إِلَّاillāexcept
  19. ٱمْرَأَتَكَ ۖim'ra-atakayour wife
  20. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, it
  21. مُصِيبُهَاmuṣībuhāwill strike her
  22. مَآmāwhat
  23. أَصَابَهُمْ ۚaṣābahumwill strike them
  24. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  25. مَوْعِدَهُمُmawʿidahumutheir appointed time
  26. ٱلصُّبْحُ ۚl-ṣub'ḥu(is) morning
  27. أَلَيْسَalaysaIs not
  28. ٱلصُّبْحُl-ṣub'ḥuthe morning
  29. بِقَرِيبٍbiqarībinnear

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