The Holy Quran 54:36 — Surah Al-Qamar

Arabic text

وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

Translation

He (Loot عليه الصلاة والسلام) certainly warned them that We would seize (punish) them but (instead of taking heed,) they started disputing about (doubting) the warnings.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

That is, they began to deny [him] by raising absurd doubts about his words and stirring up disputes.

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