قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
They said, "Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people?"
qālū awalam nanhaka ʿani l-ʿālamīna
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Al-Hijr · verse 70 of 99
Surah Al-Hijr, verse 70
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5 words1قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
2أَوَلَمْawalamDid not
3نَنْهَكَnanhakawe forbid you
4عَنِʿanifrom
5ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe world
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[Lot] said, "Indeed, these are my guests, so do not shame me.
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ
And fear Allāh and do not disgrace me."
قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
They said, "Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people?"
قَالَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِىٓ إِن كُنتُمْ فَـٰعِلِينَ
[Lot] said, "These are my daughters - if you would be doers [of lawful marriage]."
لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِى سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ
By your life, [O Muḥammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly.