Quran 15:72 — Al-Hijr, verse 72
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
By your life [Prophet], they wandered on in their wild intoxication
لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِي سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ
laʿamruka innahum lafī sakratihim yaʿmahūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- By thy life, they wandered blindly in their dazzlement,
- Muhammad Asad
- [But the angels spoke thus:] "As thou livest, [O Lot, they will not listen to thee:] behold, in their delirium [of lust] they are but blindly stumbling to and fro!"
- Sahih International
- By your life, [O Muḥammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَعَمْرُكَlaʿamruka | By your life | عمر |
| 2 | إِنَّهُمْinnahum | indeed, they | — |
| 3 | لَفِىlafī | were in | — |
| 4 | سَكْرَتِهِمْsakratihim | their intoxication | سكر |
| 5 | يَعْمَهُونَyaʿmahūna | wandering blindly | عمه |