Surah Ash-Shu’ara Ayat 160 in Arabic Text
English Translation
Here you can read various translations of verse 160
The people of Lot denied the messengers
The people of Lut rejected the messengers.
The people of Lot rejected the Messengers, branding them liars.
The prople of Lout (Lot) (those dwelt in the towns of Sodom in Palestine) belied the Messengers.
The folk of Lot denied the messengers (of Allah),
The people of Lût (Lot) cried lies to the Emissaries,
The people of Lot, too, called the messengers liars.
قوم لوط نے بھی نبیوں کو جھٹلایا
Quran 26 Verse 160 Explanation
For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Ash-Shu’ara ayat 160, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.
Ala-Maududi
(26:160) The people of Lot rejected the Messengers,[107] branding them liars.
107. For comparison, see (Surah Al-Aaraf, Ayat 80-84); (Surah Houd, Ayat 74-83); (Surah Al-Hijr, Ayat 57-77); (Surah Al-Anbiya, Ayat 71-75); (Surah An-Naml, Ayat 54-58); (Surah Al-Ankabut, Ayat 28-35); (Surah As-Saffat, Ayat 133-138); and (Surah Al-Qamar, Ayat 33-39).
Ibn-Kathir
160. The people of Lut denied the Messengers. 161. When their brother Lut said to them: “Will you not have Taqwa” 162. “Verily, I am a trustworthy Messenger to you.” 163. “So, have Taqwa of Allah, and obey me.” 164. “No reward do I ask of you for it; my reward is only from the Lord of all that exits.”
Here Allah tells us about His servant and Messenger Lut, peace be upon him. He was Lut bin Haran bin Azar, the nephew of Ibrahim Al-Khalil, upon him be peace. Allah sent him to a mighty nation during the lifetime of Ibrahim, peace be upon them both. They lived in Sadum (Sodom) and its environs, where Allah destroyed them and turned the area into a putrid, stinking lake, which is well-known in the land of Al-Ghur ﴿the Jordan Valley﴾, bordering the mountains of Jerusalem, between the mountains and the land of Al-Karak and Ash-Shawbak. He called them to Allah, to worship Him alone with no partner or associate, and to obey the Messenger whom Allah sent to them. He forbade from disobeying Allah and committing the sin that they had invented which was unknown on earth before their time; intercourse with males instead of with females. Allah said:
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