Surah Assaaffat ayat 135 Tafsir Quran 37:135

﴿إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِي الْغَابِرِينَ﴾
[ الصافات: 135]

37:135 Except his wife among those who remained [with the evildoers].

except an old woman who was among those who stayed behind in other words those who stayed behind in the chastisement.

Except an old woman -his wife- who was left behind to perish in the general ruin

The Destruction of the People of Lut ( Lot ) Allah tells us that He sent His servant and Messenger Lut, peace be upon him, to his people, and they denied him, so Allah saved him from among them, him and his family with the exception of his wife, who was destroyed along with her people.
Allah destroyed them with different kinds of punishments, and made their vicinity a foul, stinking lake which is on a well-travelled route where people pass by night and day ( i.e., the Dead Sea, which lays close to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah on the highway between Arabia and Syria ).
Allah says: وَإِنَّكُمْ لَّتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهِمْ مُّصْبِحِينَ - وَبِالَّيْلِ أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ ( Verily, you pass by them in the morning.
And at night; will you not then reflect ) meaning, `will you not learn a lesson from them and how Allah destroyed them, and realize that a similar end awaits the disbelievers.'

(37:135) except for an old woman who was among those that stayed behind. *75

Except his wife among those who remained meaning

*75) This implies the wife of the Prophet Lot, who did not migrate with her illustrious husband, but remained behind with her people and was punished.

 

The Destruction of the People of Lut ( Lot ) Allah tells us that He sent His servant and Messenger Lut, peace be upon him, to his people, and they denied him, so Allah saved him from among them, him and his family with the exception of his wife, who was destroyed along with her people.
Allah destroyed them with different kinds of punishments, and made their vicinity a foul, stinking lake which is on a well-travelled route where people pass by night and day ( i.e., the Dead Sea, which lays close to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah on the highway between Arabia and Syria ).
Allah says: وَإِنَّكُمْ لَّتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهِمْ مُّصْبِحِينَ - وَبِالَّيْلِ أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ ( Verily, you pass by them in the morning.
And at night; will you not then reflect ) meaning, `will you not learn a lesson from them and how Allah destroyed them, and realize that a similar end awaits the disbelievers.'

Save an old woman among those who stayed behind) except his hypocrite wife who stayed behind with those who were destroyed;

Except an old woman (his wife) who was among those who remained behind.

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