Al-Hijr 58: They said; “We are assigned to (destroy) a guilty nation.

A. Metin Saruhan · 13 April 2017 · Al-Hijr

Translation

They said; “We are assigned to (destroy) a guilty nation.

Tafsir

The angels replied: "We have been sent to destroy a guilty people." This people is the people of Prophet Lut (peace be upon him). Hearing the name of Hadrat Lot, Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was very sad and prayed to Allah. Because Hazrat Ibrahim (peace be upon him) loved Hazrat Lot (peace be upon him) very much. They were both Prophets who lived in the same era. In this regard, he prays to Allah that nothing will happen to Lot.

What is said in the video

They say: we have been sent to a guilty people to destroy them, to the people of Lot. Lot is the cousin of Abraham. Together they left Urfa. After Nimrod threw into the fire Abraham, after Nimrod threw him into the fire, Allah Almighty said to the fire: be safe and (?), and after he came out of that fire, they left Urfa together. And Lot, too, was sent to such an insolent, homosexual people as a prophet.

The angels answered: we were sent to destroy a criminal people. This people is the people of Lot (peace be upon him). Hearing the name of Lot, Abraham (peace be upon him) is very (?) and prays to Allah. Because Abraham (peace be upon him) loved Lot (peace be upon him) very much. Both were prophets who lived in the same times. For this reason he prayed to Allah that nothing would happen to Lot.