سورة الحجر، الآية ٥٨
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ ٥٨
qālū innā ur'sil'nā ilā qawmin muj'rimīna
They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals,
Verse 58 of Surah Al-Hijr (15:58), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 265 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 Messenger from the Angels said: Allah has sent us to destroy a people who are guilty of great corruption and evil, the people of Lot.
They said, “We have been sent to a wicked people27,
[27] i.e., the people of the prophet Lot (عليه السلام).
They (the angels) said: "We have been sent to a people who are Mujrimûn (criminals, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners).
They said: We have been sent unto a guilty folk,
They said: "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin,
They said: Surely we are sent towards 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."
