The Holy Quran 7:83 — Surah Al-A'raf

Arabic text

فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ

Translation

So (when Allaah's punishment arrived and their cities were turned upside down and stones rained on them) We rescued him (Loot عليه الصلاة والسلام) and his family except his wife. She was of those who remained behind (to be killed in the punishment).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The wife of Lut ﵇: that is, the last thing they said was: “Since they consider all of us filthy and want to be pure themselves, what business have the pure among the filthy? So they should be driven out of our town, to put an end to this daily obstruction.” Yet how could those accursed people drive them out?

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