Surah Hud (هود) • Hud

Quran 11:70

11:70

فَلَمَّا رَءَآ أَيْدِيَهُمْ لَا تَصِلُ إِلَيْهِ نَكِرَهُمْ وَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۚ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِ لُوطٍ

falammā raā aydiyahum lā taṣilu ilayhi nakirahum wa-awjasa min'hum khīfatan qālū lā takhaf innā ur'sil'nā ilā qawmi lūṭin

But when he saw their hands not reaching for it, he distrusted them and felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not. We have been sent to the people of Lot."

— Saheeh International

When he saw that their hands did not reach towards the meal, he found this strange and became afraid of them. But they said, ‘Do not be afraid. We have been sent against the people of Lot.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

But when he saw their hands went not towards it (the meal), he mistrusted them, and conceived a fear of them. They said: "Fear not, we have been sent against the people of Lût (Lot)."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 12Page 229meccan

Word by Word

فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
رَءَآraāhe saw
أَيْدِيَهُمْaydiyahumtheir hands
لَاlānot
تَصِلُtaṣilureaching
إِلَيْهِilayhito it
نَكِرَهُمْnakirahumhe felt unfamiliar of them
وَأَوْجَسَwa-awjasaand felt apprehension
مِنْهُمْmin'humfrom them
خِيفَةًۭۚkhīfatan[a fear]
قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
لَاlā(Do) not
تَخَفْtakhaffear
إِنَّآinnāIndeed, we
أُرْسِلْنَآur'sil'nā[we] have been sent
إِلَىٰilāto
قَوْمِqawmi(the) people
لُوطٍۢlūṭin(of) Lut