سورة النمل، الآية ٥٥
أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ ٥٥
a-innakum latatūna l-rijāla shahwatan min dūni l-nisāi bal antum qawmun tajhalūna
Do you indeed approach men with desire instead of women? Rather, you are a people behaving ignorantly."
Verse 55 of Surah An-Naml (27:55), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 381 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
79 recitations by 73 reciters: pick one and it plays in the player.
Do you come to men lustfully, leaving the women, not intending chastity or children but only to fulfil animalistic lust? But rather you are a people ignorant of what is necessary upon you, namely faith, purity and staying far from sins”.
Do you approach men with lust instead of women? In fact, you are an ignorant people!”
"Do you practise your lusts on men instead of women? Nay, but you are a people who behave senselessly."
Must ye needs lust after men instead of women? Nay, but ye are folk who act senselessly.
Would ye really approach men in your lusts rather than women? Nay, ye are a people (grossly) ignorant!
What! do you indeed approach men lustfully rather than women? Nay, you are a people who act ignorantly.
Do you (really) come up with lust to men rather than women? No indeed, you are a people who are ignorant."
يَغْفِرُ اللَّهُ لِلُوطٍ إِنْ كَانَ لَيَأْوِي إِلَى رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ}.
أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ …
Do you approach males among the worlds …
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّسْرِفُونَ
Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people."
