Surah Hijr ayat 57 Tafsir Quran 15:57

﴿قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ﴾
[ الحجر: 57]

15:57 [Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"

He said ‘So what is your business O you who have been sent by God?’

And now, Ibrahim said, what is the errand on which you Messengers have come

He said: "What then is the business for which you have come, O messengers? ( 57 )They said: "We have been sent to a guilty people.
( 58 )"( All ) except the family of Lut, all of whom we are to save ( from the destruction ).
( 59 )"Except for his wife, of whom We have decreed that she shall be of those who remain behind.
( 60 ) The Reason why the Angels came Allah tells us that after Ibrahim had calmed down from the excitement of this good news, he started to ask them why they had come to him.
They said, إِنَّا أُرْسِلْنَا إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ ( We have been sent to a guilty people. ) meaning the people of Lut.
They told him that they were going to save the family of Lut from among those people, except for his wife, because she was one of those who were doomed.
Thus it was said, إِلَّا امْرَأَتَهُ قَدَّرْنَا ۙ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ الْغَابِرِينَ ( Except for his wife, of whom We have decreed that she shall be of those who remain behind. ) i.e., she was one of those who would be left behind and will be destroyed.

(15:57) Then he asked them, "O Messengers of Allah ! What is the expedition for which you have been sent?" *33

[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business meaning

*33) It appears from the question of Prophet Abraham that angels are sent down in human shape only on extraordinary occasions and on some important expedition.

 

He said: "What then is the business for which you have come, O messengers? ( 57 )They said: "We have been sent to a guilty people.
( 58 )"( All ) except the family of Lut, all of whom we are to save ( from the destruction ).
( 59 )"Except for his wife, of whom We have decreed that she shall be of those who remain behind.
( 60 ) The Reason why the Angels came Allah tells us that after Ibrahim had calmed down from the excitement of this good news, he started to ask them why they had come to him.
They said, إِنَّا أُرْسِلْنَا إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ ( We have been sent to a guilty people. ) meaning the people of Lut.
They told him that they were going to save the family of Lut from among those people, except for his wife, because she was one of those who were doomed.
Thus it was said, إِلَّا امْرَأَتَهُ قَدَّرْنَا ۙ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ الْغَابِرِينَ ( Except for his wife, of whom We have decreed that she shall be of those who remain behind. ) i.e., she was one of those who would be left behind and will be destroyed.

( He said ) Abraham said to Gabriel and his aids: ( And afterward what is your business ) what is the matter, why did you come, O you messengers ( of Allah )?)

[Ibrahim (Abraham) again] said: "What then is the business on which you have come, O Messengers?"

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