Quran 22:43

Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 43

Verse 43 of 78 in Surah Al-Hajj (الحج), chapter 22 of the Quran — in Arabic with Tamil, Sinhala and English translation, tafsir and MP3 recitation.

وَقَوْمُ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَقَوْمُ لُوطٍ

EnglishSaheeh International: And the people of Abraham and the people of Lot
TamilJan Trust Foundation: (இவ்வாறே) இப்றாஹீமுடைய சமூத்ததினரும் லூத்துடைய சமூகத்தினரும் (பொய்ப்பிக்வே முற்பட்டார்கள்).
SinhalaRuwwad Center: තවද ඉබ්රාහීම්ගේ ජනයා ද, ලූත්ගේ ජනයා ද,
UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi: اور قوم ابراہیم اور قوم لوط.
JapaneseRyoichi Mita: またイブラーヒームの民も，ルートの民も，
ChineseMa Jian: 易卜拉欣的宗族、鲁特的宗族、

Tafsir of 22:43

The Consequences for the Disbelievers Here Allah consoles His Prophet Muhammad ﷺ for the disbelief of those among his people who opposed him. وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ (And if they deny you, so did deny before them the people of Nuh) until His saying, وَكُذِّبَ مُوسَى (and denied was Musa.) means, despite all the clear signs and evidence that they brought. فَأمْلَيْتُ لِلْكَفِرِينَ (But I granted respite to the disbelievers for a while,) means, `I delayed and postponed.' ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهُمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ (then I seized them, and how (terrible) was My punishment!) means, `how great was My vengeance against them and My punishment of them!' In the Two Sahihs it is reported from Abu Musa that the Prophet said: «إِنَّ اللهَ لَيُمْلِي لِلظَّالِمِ حَتَّى إِذَا أَخَذَهُ لَمْ يُفْلِتْه» (Allah lets the wrongdoer carry on until, when He seizes him, He will never let him go.) Then he recited: وَكَذلِكَ أَخْذُ رَبِّكَ إِذَا أَخَذَ الْقُرَى وَهِىَ ظَلِمَةٌ إِنَّ أَخْذَهُ أَلِيمٌ شَدِيدٌ (Such is the punishment of your Lord when He seizes the towns while they are doing wrong.…

Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)