The Holy Quran 15:72 — Surah Al-Hijr

Arabic text

لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِى سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

Translation

By your life! They (the people of Loot عليه الصلاة والسلام) were blinded in their intoxication (their intense desires made them oblivious of all good advice). (Nevertheless, they were unable to harm the angels at all.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The oath by the life of the Prophet ﷺ: it is apparent that this address is from Almighty Allah, glorious is His majesty, to the noble Prophet ﷺ. That is: by your life, the people of Lut ﵇ had become utterly blind in the intoxication of heedlessness and revelry; with the greatest indifference they were spurning the admonition, indeed the entreaties, of Lut ﵇.

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