Quran 54:34 — Al-Qamar, verse 34
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We released a stonebearing wind against them, all except the family of Lot. We saved them before dawn
إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّا آلَ لُوطٍ ۖ نَجَّيْنَاهُمْ بِسَحَرٍ
innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ḥāṣiban illā āla lūṭin najjaynāhum bisaḥarin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We loosed against them a squall of pebbles except the folk of Lot; We delivered them at the dawn --
- Muhammad Asad
- [and so,] behold, We let loose upon them a deadly tempest; and only Lot ’s kinsfolk did We save at the break of dawn,
- Sahih International
- Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّآinnā | Indeed, We | — |
| 2 | أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnā | [We] sent | رسل |
| 3 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | upon them | — |
| 4 | حَاصِبًاḥāṣiban | a storm of stones | حصب |
| 5 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 6 | ءَالَāla | (the) family | أول |
| 7 | لُوطٍۢ ۖlūṭin | (of) Lut | — |
| 8 | نَّجَّيْنَـٰهُمnajjaynāhum | We saved them | نجو |
| 9 | بِسَحَرٍۢbisaḥarin | by dawn | سحر |