The Holy Quran 25:40 — Surah Al-Furqan

Arabic text

وَلَقَدْ أَتَوْا۟ عَلَى ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِىٓ أُمْطِرَتْ مَطَرَ ٱلسَّوْءِ ۚ أَفَلَمْ يَكُونُوا۟ يَرَوْنَهَا ۚ بَلْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ نُشُورًا

Translation

These people (the Mushrikeen of Makkah) have certainly (en route to Shaam) passed the town (Sodom) that was showered by a devastating rain (a shower of stones). Have they not seen it (because their behaviour indicates that they have not)? No (it is not that they have not seen it), (they have definitely seen the ruins of this place) but (they refuse to take lesson because) they are not expecting any resurrection. (Because they do not believe in resurrection, they do not fear the punishment of the Aakhirah and therefore fail to learn a lesson from the destruction of previous nations.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — التفسير الميسر

ولقد كان مشركو «مكة» يمرون في أسفارهم على قرية قوم لوط، وهي قرية «سدوم» التي أُهلِكت بالحجارة من السماء، فلم يعتبروا بها، بل كانوا لا يرجون معادًا يوم القيامة يجازون فيه.

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