Surah 26 · verse 166
Ash-Shu'ara 26:166
Sign in to listenوَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَاجِكُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ
wa-tadharun ma khalaqa lakum rabbukum min azwajikum bal antum qawm 'adun
And leave what your Lord has created for you as mates? But you are a people transgressing."
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
So fear Allah and obey me.
Verse 164وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.
Verse 165أَتَأْتُونَ الذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ
Do you approach males among the worlds
وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَاجِكُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ
And leave what your Lord has created for you as mates? But you are a people transgressing."
قَالُوا لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَا لُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُخْرَجِينَ
They said, "If you do not desist, O Lot, you will surely be of those evicted."
Verse 168قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ الْقَالِينَ
He said, "Indeed, I am, toward your deed, of those who detest [it].
Verse 169رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَأَهْلِي مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ
My Lord, save me and my family from [the consequence of] what they do."