سورة الذاريات، الآية ٣٢
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ ٣٢
qālū innā ur'sil'nā ilā qawmin muj'rimīna
They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals1541
[1541] i.e., those who defied Lot (upon him be peace).
Verse 32 of Surah Adh-Dhariyat (51:32), a Meccan surah, is in juz 27, on page 522 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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The angels said in reply: “Allah has sent us to a criminal people who commit despicable sins.
They said, “We have been sent to a wicked people,
They said: "We have been sent to a people who are Mujrimûn (polytheists, sinners, criminals, disbelievers in Allâh)
They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk,
They said, "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin;-
They said: Surely we are sent to a guilty people,
They said, "Surely we have been sent to a criminal people,
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ
They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals,
فَلَمَّا رَءَآ أَيْدِيَهُمْ لَا تَصِلُ إِلَيْهِ نَكِرَهُمْ وَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِ لُوطٍ
But when he saw their hands not reaching for it, he distrusted them and felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not. We have been sent to the people of Lot."
