Surah Hijr ayat 62 Tafsir Quran 15:62

﴿قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ﴾
[ الحجر: 62]

15:62 He said, "Indeed, you are people unknown."

he said to them ‘Indeed you are strangers’ that is I do not know you.

He said to them: You are strangers who are foreign to me

Then when the messengers ( the angels ) came to the family of Lu ( 61 )He ( Lut ) said: "Verily, you are people unknown to me.
( 62 )They said: "Nay, we have come to you with that ( torment ) which they have been doubting.
( 63 )"And we have brought you the truth and certainly we tell the truth.
( 64 ) The Angels coming to Lut Allah tells us about when the angels came to Lut in the form of young men with handsome faces.
When they entered his home, he said: إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ - قَالُوا بَلْ جِئْنَاكَ بِمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ ( "Verily, you are people unknown to me." They said: "Nay, we have come to you with that (torment ) which they have been doubting.") meaning that they were bringing the punishment and destruction that the people doubted they would ever suffer from. وَأَتَيْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ ( And we have brought you the truth ) is like the Ayah, مَا نُنَزِّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ ( We do not send the angels down except with the truth )[ 15:8 ] and وَإِنَّا لَصَادِقُونَ ( and certainly, we tell the truth. ) They said this in affirmation of the news that they brought him, that he would be saved and his people would be destroyed.

(15:62) he said, "You appear to be strangers. " *36

He said, "Indeed, you are people unknown." meaning

*36) Here the story has been related in brief.
But we learn from XI: 77-83 that Prophet Lot was greatly perturbed and distressed at the visit of the angels.
He said to himself, " This is a day of woe. " The reason why he was distressed, as implied in the Qur'an and explicitly expressed in the Traditions, was that the angels had come to Prophet Lot in the shape of beautiful boys, and he knew how perverse and wicked his people were.
He was distressed for he could not send them away because they were his guests, and because he did not know how to protect them from those villains.

 

Then when the messengers ( the angels ) came to the family of Lu ( 61 )He ( Lut ) said: "Verily, you are people unknown to me.
( 62 )They said: "Nay, we have come to you with that ( torment ) which they have been doubting.
( 63 )"And we have brought you the truth and certainly we tell the truth.
( 64 ) The Angels coming to Lut Allah tells us about when the angels came to Lut in the form of young men with handsome faces.
When they entered his home, he said: إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ - قَالُوا بَلْ جِئْنَاكَ بِمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ ( "Verily, you are people unknown to me." They said: "Nay, we have come to you with that (torment ) which they have been doubting.") meaning that they were bringing the punishment and destruction that the people doubted they would ever suffer from. وَأَتَيْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ ( And we have brought you the truth ) is like the Ayah, مَا نُنَزِّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ ( We do not send the angels down except with the truth )[ 15:8 ] and وَإِنَّا لَصَادِقُونَ ( and certainly, we tell the truth. ) They said this in affirmation of the news that they brought him, that he would be saved and his people would be destroyed.

( He said: Lo! ye are folk unknown (to me )) you are unknown in our country, nor are we familiar with the wording of your greeting.

He said: "Verily! You are people unknown to me."

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