Quran 29:32 — Al-Ankaboot, verse 32
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Abraham said, ‘But Lot lives there.’ They answered, ‘We know who lives there better than you do. We shall save him and his household, except for his wife: she will be one of those who stay behind.’
قَالَ إِنَّ فِيهَا لُوطًا ۚ قَالُوا نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ فِيهَا ۖ لَنُنَجِّيَنَّهُ وَأَهْلَهُ إِلَّا امْرَأَتَهُ كَانَتْ مِنَ الْغَابِرِينَ
qāla inna fīhā lūṭan qālū naḥnu aʿlamu biman fīhā lanunajjiyannahu wa-ahlahu illā im'ra-atahu kānat mina l-ghābirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'Lot is in it.' They said, 'We know very well who is in it; assuredly We shall deliver him and his family, except his wife; she has become of those that tarry.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [And when Abraham] exclaimed, “But Lot lives there!” - they answered: We know fully well who is there; most certainly we shall save him and his household - all but his wife: she will indeed be among those that stay behind.”
- Sahih International
- [Abraham] said, "Indeed, within it is Lot." They said, "We are more knowing of who is within it. We will surely save him and his family, except his wife. She is to be of those who remain behind."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 3 | فِيهَاfīhā | in it | — |
| 4 | لُوطًۭا ۚlūṭan | (is) Lut | — |
| 5 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 6 | نَحْنُnaḥnu | We | — |
| 7 | أَعْلَمُaʿlamu | know better | علم |
| 8 | بِمَنbiman | who | — |
| 9 | فِيهَا ۖfīhā | (is) in it | — |
| 10 | لَنُنَجِّيَنَّهُۥlanunajjiyannahu | We will surely save him | نجو |
| 11 | وَأَهْلَهُۥٓwa-ahlahu | and his family | أهل |
| 12 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 13 | ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥim'ra-atahu | his wife | مرأ |
| 14 | كَانَتْkānat | She | كون |
| 15 | مِنَmina | (is) of | — |
| 16 | ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَl-ghābirīna | those who remain behind | غبر |