The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 564
CH. 29 AL-'ANKABŪT PT. 20 أَنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ الرِّجَالَ وَتَقْطَعُونَ Do you approach men with. 30 السَّبِيْلَ وَتَأْتُونَ فِي نَادِيكُمُ الْمُنْكَرَ highway? And you commit فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِةٍ إِلَّا أَنْ قَالُوا ائْتِنَا lust and commit robbery on the abomination in your meetings!' But the only answer of his b بِعَذَابِ اللهِ اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصُّدِقِينَ people was that they said, Bring upon us the punishment of Allah if thou speakest the truth. '2960 31. He said, "Help me, myKAI ❤S JE Lord, against the wicked الْمُفْسِدِينَ R. 4. people. ' وَلَمَّا جَاءَتْ رُسُلُنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ بِالْبُشْرى And when Our messengers. 32 قَالُوا إِنَّا مُهْلِكُوا اَهْلِ هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ إِنَّ أَهْلَهَا كَانُوا ظُلِمِينَ brought Abraham the glad tidings, they also said, 'We are going to destroy people of this town; surely, its people are wrongdoers. '2961 a7:82; 11:79; 26:166. 26:170. 11:70-71. 2960. Important Words (commit robbery) is formed from They sayi. e. he cut off the thing; explained and expounded it. means, he Three vices have been ascribed to the people of Lot in this verse: (1) unnatural vice; (2) highway robbery; and (3) committing crimes openly and unashamedly in their assemblies. قطع الصلوة deprived him of his right means, he made the قطع الطريق على السالكين means, he rendered the Prayer nugatory. way dangerous to the wayfarers and forbade them to use it (Aqrab). Commentary: :means تقطعون السبيل The expression (a) you rob travellers on the highway. Lot's people had adopted the calling of the road; or (b) you appointed violate the Divinely sex-laws and commit unnatural offences. 2478 2961. Commentary: The verse speaks of two things: (1) the glad tidings that the messengers brought to Abraham and (2) the warning that the people of the city of Lot were about to be destroyed. The glad tidings conveyed to Abraham were about the birth of a son and the cities to be destroyed were Sodom and Gomorrah. They were situated in the neighbourhood of the Dead Sea on the road from Arabia