What Quran Says About Guests Of Abraham?
(Dayfi Ibraheema)
Has the story reached thee, of the honoured guests of Abraham? [51:24] Behold, they entered his presence, and said: "Peace!" He said, "Peace!" (and thought, "These seem) unusual people." [51:25] Then he turned quickly to his household, brought out a fatted calf, [51:26] And placed it before them.. he said, "Will ye not eat?" [51:27]
Tell them about the guests of Abraham. [15:51] When they entered his presence and said, "Peace!" He said, "We feel afraid of you!" [15:52] They said: "Fear not! We give thee glad tidings of a son endowed with wisdom." [15:53] He said: "Do ye give me glad tidings that old age has seized me? Of what, then, is your good news?" [15:54] They said: "We give thee glad tidings in truth: be not then in despair!" [15:55] He said: "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord, but such as go astray?" [15:56] Abraham said: "What then is the business on which ye (have come), O ye messengers (of God)?" [15:57] They said: "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin, [15:58] "Excepting the adherents of Lut: them we are certainly (charged) to save (from harm),- All - [15:59] "Except his wife, who, We have ascertained, will be among those who will lag behind."
[15:60] At length when the messengers arrived among the adherents of Lut, [15:61] He said: "Ye appear to be uncommon folk." [15:62] They said: "Yea, we have come to thee to accomplish that of which they doubt.
[15:63] "We have brought to thee that which is inevitably due, and assuredly we tell the truth. [15:64] "Then travel by night with thy household, when a portion of the night (yet remains), and do thou bring up the rear: let no one amongst you look back, but pass on whither ye are ordered." [15:65] And We made known this decree to him, that the last remnants of those (sinners) should be cut off by the morning.[15:66]
When Our messengers came to Lut, he was grieved on their account and felt himself powerless (to protect) them. He said: "This is a distressful day." [11:77] And his people came rushing towards him, and they had been long in the habit of practising abominations. He said: "O my people! Here are my daughters: they are purer for you (if ye marry)! Now fear Allah, and cover me not with shame about my guests! Is there not among you a single right-minded man?" [11:78]
Lut said: "These are my guests: disgrace me not: [15:68] "But fear God, and shame me not." [15:69] They said: "Did we not forbid thee (to speak) for all and sundry?" [15:70] He said: "There are my daughters (to marry), if ye must act (so)." [15:71] Verily, by thy life (O Prophet), in their wild intoxication, they wander in distraction, to and fro. [15:72] But the (mighty) Blast overtook them before morning, [15:73] And We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay. [15:74] Behold! in this are Signs for those who by tokens do understand. [15:75] And the (cities were) right on the high-road. [15:76] Behold! in this is a sign for those who believed. [15:77]
The people of Lut rejected (his) warning. [54:33] We sent against them a violent Tornado with showers of stones, (which destroyed them), except Lut's household: them We delivered by early Dawn,- [54:34] As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks. [54:35] And (Lut) did warn them of Our Punishment, but they disputed about the Warning. [54:36] And they even sought to snatch away his guests from him, but We blinded their eyes. (They heard:) "Now taste ye My Wrath and My Warning." [54:37]