Surah 15 · verse 71
Al-Hijr 15:71
Sign in to listenقَالَ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ بَنَاتِي إِن كُنتُمْ فَاعِلِينَ
qala ha'ula'i banati in kuntum fa'ilin
[Lot] said, "These are my daughters - if you would be doers [of lawful marriage]."
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
قَالَ إِنَّ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ ضَيْفِي فَلَا تَفْضَحُونِ
[Lot] said, "Indeed, these are my guests, so do not shame me.
Verse 69وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ
And fear Allah and do not disgrace me."
Verse 70قَالُوا أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ الْعَالَمِينَ
They said, "Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people?"
قَالَ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ بَنَاتِي إِن كُنتُمْ فَاعِلِينَ
[Lot] said, "These are my daughters - if you would be doers [of lawful marriage]."
لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِي سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ
By your life, [O Muhammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly.
Verse 73فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ
So the shriek seized them at sunrise.
Verse 74فَجَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.
