The Holy Quran 25:40 — Surah Al-Furqan

Arabic text

وَلَقَدْ أَتَوْا۟ عَلَى ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِىٓ أُمْطِرَتْ مَطَرَ ٱلسَّوْءِ ۚ أَفَلَمْ يَكُونُوا۟ يَرَوْنَهَا ۚ بَلْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ نُشُورًا

Translation

These people (the Mushrikeen of Makkah) have certainly (en route to Shaam) passed the town (Sodom) that was showered by a devastating rain (a shower of stones). Have they not seen it (because their behaviour indicates that they have not)? No (it is not that they have not seen it), (they have definitely seen the ruins of this place) but (they refuse to take lesson because) they are not expecting any resurrection. (Because they do not believe in resurrection, they do not fear the punishment of the Aakhirah and therefore fail to learn a lesson from the destruction of previous nations.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

That is, the settlements of the people of Lut, over whose ruins the people of Makkah passed on their journeys to Syria. That is, did they not look at their ruins with an eye that takes a lesson? That is, how could they take a lesson when they do not even consider it possible that after death they must come to life again and appear before Allah?

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