Verse 15:67 | inQuran

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

And We communicated to him this decree that the root of them was to be cut off by the morning.

English - Five Volume Translation

And [a]We communicated to him this decree that the root of them was to be cut off by the morning.[1770]

6:46; 7:73, 85.

Important Words:

قضینا (We communicated). They say قضی بین الخصمین i.e. he judged and decided between the two litigants. قضی الشیء قضاء means, he determined or designed and accomplished or completed the thing properly. قضی الامر means, he decreed or ordained or commanded the thing. قضی حاجته means, he fulfilled or attained or satisfied his want or desire. قضی دینه means, he paid off his debt. قضی الصلوة means, he performed his Prayer. قضی الشیء means, he declared and explained the thing. قضی الیه الامر means, he communicated or conveyed the matter to him. قضی العھد means, he kept or fulfilled the pledge. قضی اجله او نحبه means, he died (lit. he completed his term), ضربه فقضٰی علیه means, he struck him and thereby killed him (Aqrab & Lane).

Commentary:

The words of this verse are spoken by God and not by the messengers, as it might appear from the context. As the messengers had come to tell Lot that the time of the threatened punishment of his people had already arrived, so in this verse God says to Lot that what the messengers had communicated to him was undoubtedly true, and as the time was very short, he should quit the place at once. It is this direct revelation of God that has been mentioned in the present verse and possibly in the previous one as well.

The word دابر among other things signifies, the root of a thing. But the word "root" does not here mean, "great men" (who are certainly the root of a tribe or clan) but the entire tribe collectively, for the word "root" also symbolizes the whole tree. In fact, the words, Excepting the family of Lot, occurring in v. 60 show that in the present verse this word cannot be taken in the sense of "great men" for, according to the above quoted verse, both the great and the small men of Lot’s people were destroyed, with the exception of a few members of his family. Moreover, the word دابر also means "the last remnant." So the verse definitely signifies that all the people of Lot were destroyed except only a few. See also 6:46.

The word مصبحین (by the morning) shows that Lot was bidden to journey with his family in the latter part of the night so that his wicked countrymen might not discover their absence and pursue and overtake them before the threatened punishment which was to take place at sunrise (v. 74).

English - Short Commentary Translation

And [a]We communicated to him clearly this decree that the roots of these people would be cut off by the morning.

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

اور ہم نے اُسے یہ فیصلہ سنا دیا کہ ان لوگوں کی جڑ صبح ہوتے وقت کاٹی جا چکی ہو گی۔

French

Et Nous lui annonçâmes ce décret que ces gens seraient totalement annihilés au matin.

German

Und Wir verkündeten ihm diesen Ratschluss, dass die Wurzel jener abgeschnitten werden sollte am Morgen.

Chinese

[i]我已清楚地告诉了他, 那些人在早晨将被根绝的天命。

Italian

Infatti Noi gli comunicammo quest'ordine, che la radice di quel popolo sarebbe stata strappata entro l'alba.

Spanish

Y le comunicamos este decreto: de que hasta el último de ellos sería exterminado por la mañana.

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

اور یہ بات ہم نے اسے یقینی طور پر بتا دی کہ ان لوگوں کی جڑ صبح (ہوتے ہی) کاٹ دی جائے گی۔

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

اور اُسے ہم نے اپنا یہ فیصلہ پہنچا دیا کہ صبح ہوتے ہوتے اِن لوگوں کی جڑ کاٹ دی جائے گی

English - Sahih

And We conveyed to him [the decree] of that matter: that those [sinners] would be eliminated by early morning.

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

اور ہم نے لوط کو قطعی طور پر یہ بات واضح کر دی تھی کہ صبح ہوتے ہی ان کی جڑ کاٹ دی جائے گی

English - Talal Itani

And We conveyed to him [that] the matter that (the) root (of) these would be cut off (by) early morning.

Chinese Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

i

6:46; 7:73, 85.

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

English - Arberry

And We decreed for him that commandment, that the last remnant of those should be cut off in the morning.

English - Maududi

And We communicated to him the decree that by the morning those people will be totally destroyed.

English - Ahmed Ali

We issued this command to him, for they were going to be destroyed in the morning.

English - Yusuf Ali

And We made known this decree to him, that the last remnants of those (sinners) should be cut off by the morning.

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

a

6:46; 7:73, 85.

1770

Important Words:

قضینا (We communicated). They say قضی بین الخصمین i.e. he judged and decided between the two litigants. قضی الشیء قضاء means, he determined or designed and accomplished or completed the thing properly. قضی الامر means, he decreed or ordained or commanded the thing. قضی حاجته means, he fulfilled or attained or satisfied his want or desire. قضی دینه means, he paid off his debt. قضی الصلوة means, he performed his Prayer. قضی الشیء means, he declared and explained the thing. قضی الیه الامر means, he communicated or conveyed the matter to him. قضی العھد means, he kept or fulfilled the pledge. قضی اجله او نحبه means, he died (lit. he completed his term), ضربه فقضٰی علیه means, he struck him and thereby killed him (Aqrab & Lane).

Commentary:

The words of this verse are spoken by God and not by the messengers, as it might appear from the context. As the messengers had come to tell Lot that the time of the threatened punishment of his people had already arrived, so in this verse God says to Lot that what the messengers had communicated to him was undoubtedly true, and as the time was very short, he should quit the place at once. It is this direct revelation of God that has been mentioned in the present verse and possibly in the previous one as well.

The word دابر among other things signifies, the root of a thing. But the word "root" does not here mean, "great men" (who are certainly the root of a tribe or clan) but the entire tribe collectively, for the word "root" also symbolizes the whole tree. In fact, the words, Excepting the family of Lot, occurring in v. 60 show that in the present verse this word cannot be taken in the sense of "great men" for, according to the above quoted verse, both the great and the small men of Lot’s people were destroyed, with the exception of a few members of his family. Moreover, the word دابر also means "the last remnant." So the verse definitely signifies that all the people of Lot were destroyed except only a few. See also 6:46.

The word مصبحین (by the morning) shows that Lot was bidden to journey with his family in the latter part of the night so that his wicked countrymen might not discover their absence and pursue and overtake them before the threatened punishment which was to take place at sunrise (v. 74).

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

Cross Refs:

a

6:46; 7:73, 85.

English - Pickthall

And We made plain the case to him, that the root of them (who did wrong) was to be cut at early morn.

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

And We made known to him this decree, that the roots of these should be cut off in the morning.

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

We communicated to him Our decree that the guilty ones would be utterly destroyed by morning.

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