Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:74

21:74

وَلُوطًا ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِى كَانَت تَّعْمَلُ ٱلْخَبَـٰٓئِثَ ۗ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمَ سَوْءٍ فَـٰسِقِينَ

walūṭan ātaynāhu ḥuk'man waʿil'man wanajjaynāhu mina l-qaryati allatī kānat taʿmalu l-khabāitha innahum kānū qawma sawin fāsiqīna

And to Lot We gave judgement and knowledge, and We saved him from the city that was committing wicked deeds. Indeed, they were a people of evil, defiantly disobedient.

— Saheeh International

We gave Lot sound judgement and knowledge and saved him from the community who practised obscenities- they were shameless people who broke God’s law!

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And (remember) Lût (Lot), We gave him Hukm (right judgement of the affairs and Prophethood) and (religious) knowledge, and We saved him from the town (folk) who practised Al-Khabâ’ith (evil, wicked and filthy deeds). Verily, they were a people given to evil, and were Fâsiqûn (rebellious, disobedient to Allâh).

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

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Word by Word

وَلُوطًاwalūṭanAnd (to) Lut
ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُātaynāhuWe gave him
حُكْمًۭاḥuk'manjudgment
وَعِلْمًۭاwaʿil'manand knowledge
وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُwanajjaynāhuand We saved him
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْقَرْيَةِl-qaryatithe town
ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
كَانَتkānatwas
تَّعْمَلُtaʿmaludoing
ٱلْخَبَـٰٓئِثَۗl-khabāithawicked deeds
إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
كَانُوا۟kānūwere
قَوْمَqawmaa people
سَوْءٍۢsawinevil
فَـٰسِقِينَfāsiqīnadefiantly disobedient