يُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرۡحَمُ مَن يَشَآءُۖ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُقۡلَبُونَ 21

21 He punishes whom He wills and showers His Mercy on whom He wills, and you will be returned to Him.

وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعۡجِزِينَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِۖ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِيّٖ وَلَا نَصِيرٖ 22

22 And you cannot escape in the earth or in the skies (from Allah). And you have neither any protector, nor any helper besides Allah.

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِ‍َٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِقَآئِهِۦٓ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ يَئِسُواْ مِن رَّحۡمَتِي وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ 23

23 And those who disbelieve in the revelations of Allah and also disbelieve the Meeting with Him (in the Hereafter), they should not have any hope of My Mer-cy and they will have a painful torment. (Also Surah Al-Araf:156)

فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوۡمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُواْ ٱقۡتُلُوهُ أَوۡ حَرِّقُوهُ فَأَنجَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يُؤۡمِنُونَ 24

24 So Ibrahim’s ( peace be upon him )  people had no (reasonable) answer for him except that they said: “Kill him or burn him.” Then Allah saved him from the fire. Indeed, in this are the signs for the people who believe.

وَقَالَ إِنَّمَا ٱتَّخَذۡتُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوۡثَٰنٗا مَّوَدَّةَ بَيۡنِكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ ثُمَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ يَكۡفُرُ بَعۡضُكُم بِبَعۡضٖ وَيَلۡعَنُ بَعۡضُكُم بَعۡضٗا وَمَأۡوَىٰكُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ 25

25 And Ibrahim ( peace be upon him )  said: “You are, indeed, worshipping idols instead of Allah due to your mutual worldly friendship. On the Day of Res-urrection you will disown each other and shall curse each other. Your residence is the Fire, and you shall have no helper”.

۞فَ‍َٔامَنَ لَهُۥ لُوطٞۘ وَقَالَ إِنِّي مُهَاجِرٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّيٓۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ 26

26 So Lut ( peace be upon him )  believed in Ibrahim ( peace be upon him ) . And Ibrahim ( peace be upon him )  [or Lut ( peace be upon him ) ] said: “I will migrate for the sake of my Creator. Indeed, He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise. (He will protect me and reward me).

وَوَهَبۡنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسۡحَٰقَ وَيَعۡقُوبَ وَجَعَلۡنَا فِي ذُرِّيَّتِهِ ٱلنُّبُوَّةَ وَٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ أَجۡرَهُۥ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ وَإِنَّهُۥ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ 27

27 And We granted him [Ibrahim ( peace be upon him ) ], Ishaq ( peace be up-on him )  (as his son) and Yaqub ( peace be upon him )  (as his grandson). And We kept the Prophethood and Book in his children. And We granted him the re-ward in this world and he will be, indeed, among the righteous people in the Hereafter. (Also Surah An-Nahl:122)

وَلُوطًا إِذۡ قَالَ لِقَوۡمِهِۦٓ إِنَّكُمۡ لَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلۡفَٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنۡ أَحَدٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ 28

28 And (remember) Lut ( peace be upon him ) , when he said to his people: “You engage in an obscene activity (i.e. sodomy) which none has committed be-fore you among mankind and jinn.

أَئِنَّكُمۡ لَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ وَتَقۡطَعُونَ ٱلسَّبِيلَ وَتَأۡتُونَ فِي نَادِيكُمُ ٱلۡمُنكَرَۖ فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوۡمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُواْ ٱئۡتِنَا بِعَذَابِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ 29

29 “Do you satisfy your sexual lust with men and you rob the travellers and practice obscene activities in your gatherings?” So his people did not have any answer except they said: “Bring Allah’s torment upon us if you are one of the truthful.”

قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرۡنِي عَلَى ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلۡمُفۡسِدِينَ 30

30 Lut ( peace be upon him )  said: “My Creator! Help me against the people who are mischief-makers.”

وَلَمَّا جَآءَتۡ رُسُلُنَآ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ بِٱلۡبُشۡرَىٰ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا مُهۡلِكُوٓاْ أَهۡلِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِۖ إِنَّ أَهۡلَهَا كَانُواْ ظَٰلِمِينَ 31

31 And when Our messengers (i.e. angels) came to Ibrahim ( peace be upon him )  with the glad tidings [of Ishaq ( peace be upon him )  and Yaqub ( peace be upon him ) ], they also said: “Indeed, we are going to destroy the people of this town, since its residents are wrong-doers.”

قَالَ إِنَّ فِيهَا لُوطٗاۚ قَالُواْ نَحۡنُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن فِيهَاۖ لَنُنَجِّيَنَّهُۥ وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتَهُۥ كَانَتۡ مِنَ ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ 32

32 Ibrahim ( peace be upon him )  said: “But there is Lut ( peace be upon him )  in it.” They said: “We do know who is there. We will, surely, save Lut ( peace be upon him )  and his family except his wife. She will be of those who remain behind.”

وَلَمَّآ أَن جَآءَتۡ رُسُلُنَا لُوطٗا سِيٓءَ بِهِمۡ وَضَاقَ بِهِمۡ ذَرۡعٗاۖ وَقَالُواْ لَا تَخَفۡ وَلَا تَحۡزَنۡ إِنَّا مُنَجُّوكَ وَأَهۡلَكَ إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتَكَ كَانَتۡ مِنَ ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ 33

33 And when Our messengers (i.e. angels) came to Lut ( peace be upon him )  (in the form of handsome young men), Lut ( peace be upon him )  felt grieved because of them and felt stress in his heart. And the angels said: “Don’t fear (an-ything), nor should you grieve (since we are not men but we are angels to punish the mischief-makers). Indeed, we shall save you and your family, except your wife, she shall be of those who remain behind.

إِنَّا مُنزِلُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِ رِجۡزٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَفۡسُقُونَ 34

34 “Indeed, We are going to inflict a torment from the sky upon the people of this town, because they have been the mischief makers.”

وَلَقَد تَّرَكۡنَا مِنۡهَآ ءَايَةَۢ بَيِّنَةٗ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡقِلُونَ 35

35 And, indeed, We have left a lesson in this for the people who have sense.

وَإِلَىٰ مَدۡيَنَ أَخَاهُمۡ شُعَيۡبٗا فَقَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱرۡجُواْ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِينَ 36

36 And to the people of Madyan, We sent their brother Shuaib ( peace be upon him ) . So he said: “O my people! Worship Allah (Alone), and hope for (the suc-cess in) the Hereafter. (Since those who forget the Hereafter, commit sins more boldly, as is the case of the Muslims these days), and don’t go around the land spreading  mischief.”

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلرَّجۡفَةُ فَأَصۡبَحُواْ فِي دَارِهِمۡ جَٰثِمِينَ 37

37 But they denied Shuaib ( peace be upon him ) , hence the earthquake seized them and they lay dead on their knees while sitting in their homes.

وَعَادٗا وَثَمُودَاْ وَقَد تَّبَيَّنَ لَكُم مِّن مَّسَٰكِنِهِمۡۖ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ فَصَدَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَكَانُواْ مُسۡتَبۡصِرِينَ 38

38 And (similarly) A’d and Thamud (people were destroyed). And, indeed, (their destruction) is clearly apparent to you from their (ruined) houses (seen by the people of Makkah during their journey to Syria). (Their mental situation was such that) Satan made for them their (evil) deeds very attractive and tempting and, hindered them from the (Right) Path, though they were very intelligent people (but they did not make proper use of their intelligence).

وَقَٰرُونَ وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ وَهَٰمَٰنَۖ وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُم مُّوسَىٰ بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا كَانُواْ سَٰبِقِينَ 39

39 And (We also destroyed) Qarun, Firaun, and Hamaan. And, indeed, Musa ( peace be upon him )  came to them with clear proofs, but they were arrogant in the land. And they could not escape (Our) punishment.

فَكُلًّا أَخَذۡنَا بِذَنۢبِهِۦۖ فَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ حَاصِبٗا وَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ أَخَذَتۡهُ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ وَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ خَسَفۡنَا بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ أَغۡرَقۡنَاۚ وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَظۡلِمَهُمۡ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ يَظۡلِمُونَ 40

40 So We punished all of them due to their sins. For some of them We sent a strong wind with stones, some of them were seized by an awful cry, some of them We caused the earth to swallow, and some of them We drowned. It was not Allah Who wronged them, but they wronged themselves.