هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْمُكْرَمِينَ ٢٤

Has the story reached you, of the honoured guests [three angels; Jibrael (Gabriel) along with another two] of Ibrahim (Abraham)?

هَلْ أَتَاكَ

Has the story reached you,

حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ

of the honoured guests [three angels; Jibrael (Gabriel) along with another two] of Ibrahim (Abraham)?

الْمُكْرَمِينَ

إِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا سَلَامًا ۖ قَالَ سَلَامٌ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ ٢٥

When they came in to him, and said, "Salam, (peace be upon you)!" He answered; "Salam, (peace be upon you)," and said: "You are a people unknown to me,"

إِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ

When they came in to him,

فَقَالُوا سَلَامًا ۖ

and said, 'Salam, (peace be upon you)!'

قَالَ سَلَامٌ

He answered; 'Salam, (peace be upon you),'

قَوْمٌ

and said:

مُّنكَرُونَ

'You are a people unknown to me,'

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ فَجَاءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِينٍ ٢٦

Then he turned to his household, so brought out a roasted calf [as the property of Ibrahim (Abraham) was mainly cows].

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ

Then he turned to his household

فَجَاءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِينٍ

so brought out a roasted calf

فَقَرَّبَهُ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ ٢٧

And placed it before them, (saying): "Will you not eat?"

فَقَرَّبَهُ إِلَيْهِمْ

And placed it before them

قَالَ

saying

أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ

Will you not eat?

فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَامٍ عَلِيمٍ ٢٨

Then he conceived a fear of them (when they ate not). They said: "Fear not." And they gave him glad tidings of an intelligent son, having knowledge (about Allah and His religion of True Monotheism).

فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۖ

Then he conceived a fear of them

قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ ۖ

They said: 'Fear not.'

وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَامٍ عَلِيمٍ

And they gave him glad tidings of an intelligent son

having knowledge (about Allah and His religion of True Monotheism)

فَأَقْبَلَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ فِي صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ ٢٩

Then his wife came forward with a loud voice, she smote her face, and said: "A barren old woman!"

فَأَقْبَلَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ

Then his wife came forward

فِي صَرَّةٍ

with a loud voice

فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا

she smote her face

وَقَالَتْ

and said:

عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ

"A barren old woman!"

قَالُوا كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْحَكِيمُ الْعَلِيمُ ٣٠

They said: "Even so says your Lord. Verily, He is the All-Wise, the All-Knower."

قَالُوا كَذَٰلِكِ

They said: 'Even so

قَالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ

says your Lord.

إِنَّهُ هُوَ

Verily, He is

الْحَكِيمُ الْعَلِيمُ

the All-Wise, the All-Knower.

۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ ٣١

[Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Then for what purpose you have come, O Messengers?"

۞ قَالَ

said

فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ

Then for what purpose

أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ

O Messengers

قَالُوا إِنَّا أُرْسِلْنَا إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ ٣٢

They said: "We have been sent to a people who are Mujrimun (polytheists, sinners, criminals, disbelievers in Allah);

قَالُوا

They said:

إِنَّا أُرْسِلْنَا

We have been sent

إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ

to a people

مُّجْرِمِينَ

who are Mujrimun (polytheists, sinners, criminals, disbelievers in Allah)

لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ ٣٣

To send down upon them stones of baked clay.

لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ

To send down upon them

حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ

stones of baked clay

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ ٣٤

Marked by your Lord for the Musrifun (polytheists, criminals, sinners those who trespass Allah's set limits in evil-doings by committing great sins).

مُّسَوَّمَةً

Marked

عِندَ رَبِّكَ

by your Lord

لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ

for the Musrifun (polytheists, criminals, sinners those who trespass Allah's set limits in evil-doings by committing great sins)

فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٣٥

So We brought out from therein the believers.

فَأَخْرَجْنَا

So We brought out

مَن كَانَ فِيهَا

from therein

مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

the believers

فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ٣٦

But We found not there any household of the Muslims except one [i.e. Lout (Lot) and his two daughters].

فَمَا وَجَدْنَا

But We found not

فِيهَا

there

غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

any household of the Muslims except one

of the Muslims

except one

[i.e. Lout (Lot) and his two daughters]

وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَا آيَةً لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ ٣٧

And We have left there a sign (i.e. the place of the Dead Sea, well-known in Palestine) for those who fear the painful torment.

وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَا

And We have left there

آيَةً لِّلَّذِينَ

a sign for those who

يَخَافُونَ الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ

fear the painful torment.