سورة الأعراف، الآية ٨٣
فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ ٨٣
fa-anjaynāhu wa-ahlahu illā im'ra-atahu kānat mina l-ghābirīna
So We saved him and his family, except for his wife; she was of those who remained [with the evildoers].
Verse 83 of Surah Al-A’raf (7:83), a Meccan surah, is in juz 8, on page 161 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.
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So Allah saved Lot and his family by instructing them to leave the city by night. His family were saved except for his wife, who remained behind in the city and suffered the same punishment as the rest.
So We saved him and his family except his wife32; she was one of those who remained behind.
[32] Because she condoned the degrading behavior of her people, and she was a disbeliever.
Then We saved him and his family, except his wife; she was of those who remained behind (in the torment).
And We rescued him and his household, save his wife, who was of those who stayed behind.
But we saved him and his family, except his wife: she was of those who legged behind.
So We delivered him and his followers, except his wife; she was of those who remained behind.
So We delivered him and his family, except his wife; she was one of the laggards.
فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ …
So We brought out whoever was in them [i.e., the cities] of the believers. …
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
قَالَ إِنَّ فِيهَا لُوطًا قَالُوا۟ نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن فِيهَا لَنُنَجِّيَنَّهُۥ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ
[Abraham] said, "Indeed, within it is Lot." They said, "We are more knowing of who is within it. We will surely save him and his family, except his wife. She is to be of those who remain behind."
فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَٰهَا مِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ
So We saved him and his family, except for his wife; We destined her to be of those who remained behind.
