Surah 15 · verse 72
Al-Hijr 15:72
Sign in to listenلَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِي سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ
la-'amruk innahum lafi sakratihim ya'mahun
By your life, [O Muhammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly.
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
وَاتَّقُوا 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?"
Verse 71قَالَ 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.
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ 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.
Verse 75إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ
Indeed in that are signs for those who discern.
