Meccan·Surah 15

الحجر

Surah Al-Hijr — Ayah 71

The Rocky Tract

99 Ayahs·Verse 15:71
15:71

قَالَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِىٓ إِن كُنتُمْ فَـٰعِلِينَ

[Lot] said, "These are my daughters - if you would be doers [of lawful marriage]."

Context in Surah Al-Hijr

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وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ

And fear Allah and do not disgrace me."

قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

They said, "Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people?"

لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِى سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

By your life, [O Muhammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly.

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ

So the shriek seized them at sunrise.