Hud, verse 80

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1. He said qāla
2. If law
3. that anna
4. I had lī
5. over you bikum
6. power quwwatan
7. or aw
8. I could take refuge āwī
9. in ilā
10. a support ruk'nin
11. strong shadīdin

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Lut's Inability, His Desire for Strength and the Angels' Informing Him of the Reality Allah, the Exalted, says that Lut was threatening them with his statement, لَوْ أَنَّ لِى بِكُمْ قُوَّةً (Would that I had strength (men) to overpower you,) meaning, 'I would surely have made an example of you and done (harm) to you from myself and my family.' In this regard, there is a Hadith which is reported from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, «رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَى لُوطٍ لَقَدْ كَانَ يَأْوِي إِلَى رُكْنٍ شَدِيد» يَعْنِي اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ «فَمَا بَعَثَ اللهُ بَعْدَهُ مِنْ نَبِيَ إِلَّا…

• Verse 78 وَجَآءَهُۥ قَوْمُهُۥ يُهْرَعُونَ إِلَيْهِ وَمِن قَبْلُ كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ ۚ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِى هُنَّ أَطْهَرُ لَكُمْ ۖ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ فِى ضَيْفِىٓ ۖ أَلَيْسَ مِنكُمْ رَجُلٌ رَّشِيدٌ His people came rushing towards him; they used to commit foul deeds. He said, ‘My people, here are my daughters.They are more wholesome for you, so have some fear of God and do not disgrace me with my guests. Is there not a single right-minded man among you?’
• Verse 79 قَالُوا۟ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا لَنَا فِى بَنَاتِكَ مِنْ حَقٍّ وَإِنَّكَ لَتَعْلَمُ مَا نُرِيدُ They said, ‘You know very well that we have no right to your daughters. You know very well what we want.’
• Verse 80
• Verse 81 قَالُوا۟ يَـٰلُوطُ إِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَن يَصِلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكَ ۖ فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَكَ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ مُصِيبُهَا مَآ أَصَابَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ مَوْعِدَهُمُ ٱلصُّبْحُ ۚ أَلَيْسَ ٱلصُّبْحُ بِقَرِيبٍ They [the messengers] said, ‘Lot, we are your Lord’s messengers. They will not reach you. Leave with your household in the dead of night, and let none of you turn back. Only your wife will suffer the fate that befalls the others. Their appointed time is the morning: is the morning not near?’
• Verse 82 فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَـٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ مَّنضُودٍ And so when what We had ordained came about, We turned their town upside down and rained down stones of baked clay on it, layer upon layer,

• قول qāf wāw lām
• قوي qāf wāw yā
• اوي alif wāw yā
• ركن rā kāf nūn
• شدد shīn dāl dāl

• Lot لوط
• Strength القوة

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