Quran 27:54 — An-Naml, verse 54
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We also sent Lot to his people. He said to them, ‘How can you commit this outrage with your eyes wide open?
وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ أَتَأْتُونَ الْفَاحِشَةَ وَأَنْتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ
walūṭan idh qāla liqawmihi atatūna l-fāḥishata wa-antum tub'ṣirūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And Lot, when he said to his people, 'What, do you commit indecency with your eyes open?
- Muhammad Asad
- AND [thus, too, did We save] Lot, when he said unto his people: “Would you commit this abomination with your eyes open (to its being against all nature)?
- Sahih International
- And [mention] Lot, when he said to his people, "Do you commit immorality while you are seeing?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلُوطًاwalūṭan | And Lut | — |
| 2 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 3 | قَالَqāla | he said | قول |
| 4 | لِقَوْمِهِۦٓliqawmihi | to his people | قوم |
| 5 | أَتَأْتُونَatatūna | Do you commit | أتي |
| 6 | ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَl-fāḥishata | [the] immorality | فحش |
| 7 | وَأَنتُمْwa-antum | while you | — |
| 8 | تُبْصِرُونَtub'ṣirūna | see | بصر |