Selected Quranic verses

﴿ إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ﴾

except the household of Lot; we will surely save t...

﴿ إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرۡنَآ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ ﴾

except his wife[28]; We have decreed that she will...

﴿ فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ﴾

When the messengers came to the household of Lot[2...

﴿ قَالَ إِنَّكُمۡ قَوۡمٞ مُّنكَرُونَ ﴾

he said, “You are unfamiliar people.”

﴿ قَالُواْ بَلۡ جِئۡنَٰكَ بِمَا كَانُواْ فِيهِ يَمۡتَرُونَ ﴾

They said, “We have come to you with that [punishm...

﴿ وَأَتَيۡنَٰكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ ﴾

We have come to you with the truth, and we are cer...

﴿ فَأَسۡرِ بِأَهۡلِكَ بِقِطۡعٖ مِّنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱتَّبِعۡ أَدۡبَٰرَهُمۡ وَلَا يَلۡتَفِتۡ مِنكُمۡ أَحَدٞ... ﴾

So travel with your household in the dark of night...

﴿ وَقَضَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡهِ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡأَمۡرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَقۡطُوعٞ مُّصۡبِحِينَ ﴾

We conveyed this decree to him that these [people]...

﴿ وَجَآءَ أَهۡلُ ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ يَسۡتَبۡشِرُونَ ﴾

The people of the city came [to Lot] rejoicing[32]...

﴿ قَالَ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ضَيۡفِي فَلَا تَفۡضَحُونِ ﴾

Lot said, “These are my guests, so do not bring sh...

﴿ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخۡزُونِ ﴾

Fear Allah and do not disgrace me.”

﴿ قَالُوٓاْ أَوَلَمۡ نَنۡهَكَ عَنِ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ﴾

They said, “Did we not forbid you from [protecting...