Surah zariyat ayat 36 Tafsir Quran 51:36

﴿فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ﴾
[ الذاريات: 36]

51:36 And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims.

but We did not find therein other than one house of those who had submitted to God these were Lot and his two daughters. They have been described here with the terms ‘belief’ and ‘submission’ because they had affirmed faith in their hearts and used their limbs to perform acts of obedience.

And We did not find more than one single house whose household had accepted the Faith, and that was Luts household excluding his wife

The Angels were sent to destroy the People of the Prophet Lut Allah the Exalted said about Ibrahim, peace be upon him, فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ عَنْ إِبْرَهِيمَ الرَّوْعُ وَجَآءَتْهُ الْبُشْرَى يُجَـدِلُنَا فِى قَوْمِ لُوطٍ - إِنَّ إِبْرَهِيمَ لَحَلِيمٌ أَوَّاهٌ مُّنِيبٌ - يإِبْرَهِيمُ أَعْرِضْ عَنْ هَـذَآ إِنَّهُ قَدْ جَآءَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ وَإِنَّهُمْ آتِيهِمْ عَذَابٌ غَيْرُ مَرْدُودٍ ( Then when the fear had gone away from (Ibrahim ), and the glad tidings had reached him, he began to plead with Us for the people of Lut.
Verily, Ibrahim was, without doubt forbearing, used to invoke Allah with humility, and was repentant.
"O Ibrahim! Forsake this.
Indeed, the commandment of your Lord has gone forth.
Verily, there will come a torment for them which cannot be turned back.")( 11:74-76 ) Allah said here, قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ ( (Ibrahim ) said: "Then for what purpose you have come, O messengers") meaning, `what is the mission that you were sent with,' قَالُواْ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَى قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ ( They said: "We have been sent to a people who are criminals." ) in reference to the people of Lut, لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ مُّسَوَّمَةً ( To send down upon them stones of baked clay, marked ), or written, عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ ( by your Lord for transgressors. ) recorded with Allah to their names; each stone has the name of its companion.
Allah said in Surat Al-`Ankabut, قَالَ إِنَّ فِيهَا لُوطاً قَالُواْ نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن فِيهَا لَنُنَجِّيَنَّهُ وَأَهْلَهُ إِلاَّ امْرَأَتَهُ كَانَتْ مِنَ الْغَـبِرِينَ ( (Ibrahim ) said: "But there is Lut in it." They said: "We know better who is there.
We will verily save him and his family except his wife: she will be of those who remain behind.")( 29:32 ), and said here, فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( So We brought out from therein the believers. ) they are: Lut and his family, except his wife, فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ( But We found not there any household of the Muslims except one. ) Allah the Exalted said, وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمَ ( And We have left there a sign for those who fear the painful torment. ) meaning, `We left a proof of the punishment, torment and stones made of Sijjil ( baked clay ) that We sent on them; We made their dwelling place a putrid, evil, dead sea.
This should provide a lesson for the believers,' لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمَ ( for those who fear the painful torment. )

(51:36) ' and We did not find there any, apart from a single house of Muslims  *34'

And We found not within them other meaning

*34) That is, " Among the whole nation and in the entire land there was only one house that shone with the light of the Faith and Islam, and it was no other but the house of the Prophet Lot himself.
The rest of the entire nation was sunk , deep in sin and wickedness and its whole country was brimming over with filth and immorality.
Therefore Allah rescued the people of that one house and then sent down the torment on the land, which did not spare any one of the wicked people.
In this verse three important themes have been discussed:
( 1 ) That Allah's law of retribution does not decree the total destruction of a nation as long as there remains a considerable element of good in it.
As against the majority of the bad people if it still contains a small element of those who continue trying to invite others to the right way, Allah gives it an opportunity to work, and goes on increasing the respite of the nation which is not yet wholly devoid of goodness.
But in case theca remains no element of goodness at all in the nation, Allah's law is that He somehow rescues by His power and grace some of the good people, who might have become weary and helpless fighting evil in its settlements, and deals with the rest as every sensible master would deal with his rotten fruit.

( 2 ) That "Muslim" is not the name only of the people who arc the followers of the Prophet Muhammad ( upon whom be Allah's peace ) but of all the Prophets before him and their followers who were also Muslims.
Their religions were not mutually exclusive that one might be the religion of the Prophet Abraham, another of the Prophet Moses and still another of the Prophet Jesus, but they all were Muslims and their religion was this same Islam.
This truth has been explained at several places in the Qur'an and there is no room for ambiguity in this regard.
For instance, sec AIBaqarah: 128, 131-132; Al-'Imran: 67: Al-Ma'idah: 44, 111; Yunus: 72,84; Yusuf: 101; AI-A'raf: 126; An-Naml: 31, 42, 44.

( 3 ) That the words `Mu 'min " and Muslim " have been used as synonyms in this verse.
If this verse is read with verse 14 of Al-Hujurat, the error of the thinking of those people becomes obvious, who regard Mu 'min and Muslim as two independent terms of the Qur'an, which have been used in one and the same meaning every where, and Muslim is necessarily used for the person who might have entered the fold of Islam by professing the Faith only verbally, without true faith.
( For further explanation, see E.
N .
31 of Surah AI-Hujurat ).

 

The Angels were sent to destroy the People of the Prophet Lut Allah the Exalted said about Ibrahim, peace be upon him, فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ عَنْ إِبْرَهِيمَ الرَّوْعُ وَجَآءَتْهُ الْبُشْرَى يُجَـدِلُنَا فِى قَوْمِ لُوطٍ - إِنَّ إِبْرَهِيمَ لَحَلِيمٌ أَوَّاهٌ مُّنِيبٌ - يإِبْرَهِيمُ أَعْرِضْ عَنْ هَـذَآ إِنَّهُ قَدْ جَآءَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ وَإِنَّهُمْ آتِيهِمْ عَذَابٌ غَيْرُ مَرْدُودٍ ( Then when the fear had gone away from (Ibrahim ), and the glad tidings had reached him, he began to plead with Us for the people of Lut.
Verily, Ibrahim was, without doubt forbearing, used to invoke Allah with humility, and was repentant.
"O Ibrahim! Forsake this.
Indeed, the commandment of your Lord has gone forth.
Verily, there will come a torment for them which cannot be turned back.")( 11:74-76 ) Allah said here, قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ ( (Ibrahim ) said: "Then for what purpose you have come, O messengers") meaning, `what is the mission that you were sent with,' قَالُواْ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَى قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ ( They said: "We have been sent to a people who are criminals." ) in reference to the people of Lut, لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ مُّسَوَّمَةً ( To send down upon them stones of baked clay, marked ), or written, عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ ( by your Lord for transgressors. ) recorded with Allah to their names; each stone has the name of its companion.
Allah said in Surat Al-`Ankabut, قَالَ إِنَّ فِيهَا لُوطاً قَالُواْ نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن فِيهَا لَنُنَجِّيَنَّهُ وَأَهْلَهُ إِلاَّ امْرَأَتَهُ كَانَتْ مِنَ الْغَـبِرِينَ ( (Ibrahim ) said: "But there is Lut in it." They said: "We know better who is there.
We will verily save him and his family except his wife: she will be of those who remain behind.")( 29:32 ), and said here, فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( So We brought out from therein the believers. ) they are: Lut and his family, except his wife, فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ( But We found not there any household of the Muslims except one. ) Allah the Exalted said, وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمَ ( And We have left there a sign for those who fear the painful torment. ) meaning, `We left a proof of the punishment, torment and stones made of Sijjil ( baked clay ) that We sent on them; We made their dwelling place a putrid, evil, dead sea.
This should provide a lesson for the believers,' لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمَ ( for those who fear the painful torment. )

( But We found there ) in the townships of Lot’s folk ( but one house ) but the inhabitants of one house ( of those surrendered (to Allah )) of those close to Allah: Lot and his two daughters, Za’ura and Raytha.

But We found not there any household of the Muslims except one [i.e. Lout (Lot) and his two daughters].

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