سُورَةُ الحِجۡرِ
Reading Tanwir al-Miqbas min Tafsir Ibn 'Abbas by Attributed to Ibn 'Abbas
Ayahs 71–80 of 99
قَالَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِىٓ إِن كُنتُمْ فَٰعِلِينَ
[Lot] said, "These are my daughters - if you would be doers [of lawful marriage]."
(He said: Here are my daughters) it is also said that this means: here are the daughters of my people, I will marry you to them, (if ye must be doing (so)) if you want to get married.
لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِى سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ
By your life, [O Muhammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly.
(By thy life (O Muhammad)) Allah swore by the life of Muhammad (pbuh) and it is also said that He swore by His religion (they) i.e. the people of Lot (moved blindly) they did not see (in the frenzy of approaching death) because of their ignorance that they were heading towards their death.
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ
So the shriek seized them at sunrise.
(Then the (Awful) Cry) of chastisement (overtook them at the sunrise) when the sun was rising.
فَجَعَلْنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةًۭ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.
(And We utterly confounded them) We turned their location upside down, (and We rained upon them) upon their sodomites and sinners (stones of heated clay) coming down from the first heaven; it is also said that these stones were of manure and mud which were heated up like bricks.
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَٰتٍۢ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ
Indeed in that are signs for those who discern.
(Lo! Therein) in that which We did to them (verily are portents) signs and lessons (for those who read the signs) it is also said that this means: for those who meditate; and also: for those who can see; and: for those who take admonition.
وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍۢ مُّقِيمٍ
And indeed, those cities are [situated] on an established road.
(And lo! It) i.e. the township of Lot (is upon a road still uneffaced) a road that they pass by all the time.
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.
(Lo! Therein) in their destruction (is indeed a portent) a lesson (for believers).
وَإِن كَانَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ لَظَٰلِمِينَ
And the companions of the thicket were [also] wrongdoers.
(And the dwellers in the wood) i.e. the people of Shu'ayb (indeed were evil-doers) idolaters.
فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ
So We took retribution from them, and indeed, both [cities] are on a clear highway.
(So We took vengeance on them) in this worldly life by means of chastisement; (and lo! they both) the townships of Lot and Shu'ayb (are on a high road plain to see) and which they do pass by.
وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْحِجْرِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
And certainly did the companions of Thamud deny the messengers.
(And the dwellers in Al-Hijr) the people of Salih (indeed denied (Our) messengers) Salih and all the other messengers.
Commentary: Tanwir al-Miqbas min Tafsir Ibn 'Abbas by Attributed to Ibn 'Abbas. Qur'an text and translation via AlQuran Cloud.
