Quran 11:81 — Hud, verse 81
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They [the messengers] said, ‘Lot, we are your Lord’s messengers. They will not reach you. Leave with your household in the dead of night, and let none of you turn back. Only your wife will suffer the fate that befalls the others. Their appointed time is the morning: is the morning not near?’
قَالُوا يَا لُوطُ إِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَنْ يَصِلُوا إِلَيْكَ ۖ فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا امْرَأَتَكَ ۖ إِنَّهُ مُصِيبُهَا مَا أَصَابَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ مَوْعِدَهُمُ الصُّبْحُ ۚ أَلَيْسَ الصُّبْحُ بِقَرِيبٍ
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
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They said, 'Lot, we are messengers of thy Lord. They shall not reach thee; so set forth, thou with thy family, in a watch of the night, and let not any one of you turn round, excepting thy wife; surely she shall be smitten by that which smites them. Their promised time is the morning; is the morning not nigh?'
- Muhammad Asad
- [Whereupon the angels] said: "O Lot! Behold, we are messengers from thy Sustainer! Never shall [thy enemies] attain to thee! Depart, then, with thy household while it is yet night, and let none of you look back; [and take with thee all thy family] with the exception of thy wife: for, behold, that which is to befall these [people of Sodom] shall befall her [as well]. Verily, their appointed time is the morning [and] is not the morning nigh?"
- Sahih International
- 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?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | يَـٰلُوطُyālūṭu | O Lut | — |
| 3 | إِنَّاinnā | Indeed, we | — |
| 4 | رُسُلُrusulu | (are) messengers | رسل |
| 5 | رَبِّكَrabbika | (of) your Lord | ربب |
| 6 | لَنlan | never | — |
| 7 | يَصِلُوٓا۟yaṣilū | they will reach | وصل |
| 8 | إِلَيْكَ ۖilayka | you | — |
| 9 | فَأَسْرِfa-asri | So travel | سري |
| 10 | بِأَهْلِكَbi-ahlika | with your family | أهل |
| 11 | بِقِطْعٍۢbiqiṭ'ʿin | in a part | قطع |
| 12 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 13 | ٱلَّيْلِal-layli | the night | ليل |
| 14 | وَلَاwalā | and (let) not | — |
| 15 | يَلْتَفِتْyaltafit | look back | لفت |
| 16 | مِنكُمْminkum | anyone of you | — |
| 17 | أَحَدٌaḥadun | anyone of you | أحد |
| 18 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 19 | ٱمْرَأَتَكَ ۖim'ra-ataka | your wife | مرأ |
| 20 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, it | — |
| 21 | مُصِيبُهَاmuṣībuhā | will strike her | صوب |
| 22 | مَآmā | what | — |
| 23 | أَصَابَهُمْ ۚaṣābahum | will strike them | صوب |
| 24 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 25 | مَوْعِدَهُمُmawʿidahumu | their appointed time | وعد |
| 26 | ٱلصُّبْحُ ۚl-ṣub'ḥu | (is) morning | صبح |
| 27 | أَلَيْسَalaysa | Is not | ليس |
| 28 | ٱلصُّبْحُl-ṣub'ḥu | the morning | صبح |
| 29 | بِقَرِيبٍۢbiqarībin | near | قرب |