Surah Al-'Ankabut
Quran 29:31
Read Quran 29:31 from Surah Al-'Ankabut (The Spider) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 29:31
وَلَمَّا جَاءَتْ رُسُلُنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ بِالْبُشْرَىٰ قَالُوا إِنَّا مُهْلِكُو أَهْلِ هَٰذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ ۖ إِنَّ أَهْلَهَا كَانُوا ظَالِمِينَ٣١
And when Our messengers brought Abraham the good news, they said: Lo! we are about to destroy the people of that township, for its people are wrong-doers.
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 29. Al-'Ankabut (The Spider)
- Ayah
- 31 of 69
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 29:31
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 29:31
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
فأرسل الله الملائكة لإهلاكهم، فمروا بإبراهيم قبل، وبشروه بإسحاق، ومن وراء إسحاق يعقوب، ثم سألهم إبراهيم أين يريدون؟ فأخبروه أنهم يريدون إهلاك قوم لوط،.