Surah Qamar Ayat 37 in Arabic Text
English Translation
Here you can read various translations of verse 37
And they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], “Taste My punishment and warning.”
And they even sought to snatch away his guests from him, but We blinded their eyes. (They heard:) “Now taste ye My Wrath and My Warning.”
Then they even solicited his guests from him, whereupon We blotted out their eyes, (telling them): “Now have a taste of My chastisement and My warnings.”
And they indeed sought to shame his guest (by asking to commit sodomy with them). So We blinded their eyes, “Then taste you My Torment and My Warnings.”
They even asked of him his guests for an ill purpose. Then We blinded their eyes (and said): Taste now My punishment after My warnings!
And indeed they already solicited of him his guests, so We obliterated their eyes, (saying), “So taste My torment and My warnings!”
they even demanded his guests from him- so We sealed their eyes- ‘ Taste My [terrible] punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!’-
اور ان (لوط علیہ السلام) کو ان کے مہمانوں کے بارے میں پھسلایا پس ہم نے ان کی آنکھیں اندھی کردیں، (اور کہہ دیا) میرا عذاب اور میرا ڈرانا چکھو
Quran 54 Verse 37 Explanation
For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Qamar ayat 37, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.
Ala-Maududi
(54:37) Then they even solicited his guests from him, whereupon We blotted out their eyes, (telling them): “Now have a taste of My chastisement and My warnings.” [22]
22. The details of this story have been given in (Surah Houd, Ayat 77-83) and (Surah Al-Hijr, Ayat 61-74), a resume of which is as follows: When Allah decided to punish those people with a torment, He sent a few angels in the guise of handsome boys as guests in the house of the Prophet Lot (peace be upon him). When the people saw such handsome guests in Lot’s house, they rushed to it and demanded that they be handed over to them for the gratification of their lust. The Prophet Lot implored them to desist from their evil intention, but they did not listen and tried to enter his house to take hold of the guests forcibly. At this stage suddenly their eyes were blinded. Then the angels told Prophet Lot (peace be upon him) that he and his household should leave the city before dawn; then as soon as they had left a dreadful torment descended on the people. In the Bible also this event has been described. The words are: And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. But the men (i.e. the angels) put forth their hand and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door. (Gen. 19: 9-11).
Ibn-Kathir
The tafsir of Surah Qamar verse 37 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Qamar ayat 33 which provides the complete commentary from verse 33 through 40.
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