Surah 15:72
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وَجَآءَ أَهۡلُ ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ يَسۡتَبۡشِرُونَ
The people of the city came welcoming the good news.
قَالَ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ضَيۡفِي فَلَا تَفۡضَحُونِ
He said, ‘Surely these are my guests, so do not shame me.
وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخۡزُونِ
Guard (yourselves) against God, and do not disgrace me.’
قَالُوٓاْ أَوَلَمۡ نَنۡهَكَ عَنِ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
They said, ‘Did we not forbid you from the worlds?’
قَالَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِيٓ إِن كُنتُمۡ فَٰعِلِينَ
He said, ‘These are my daughters, if you would do (it).’
لَعَمۡرُكَ إِنَّهُمۡ لَفِي سَكۡرَتِهِمۡ يَعۡمَهُونَ
By your life! Surely they were wandering blindly in their drunkenness.
"68. [Lut] said: "Verily, these are my guests, so do not shame me.""
"69. "And have Taqwa of Allah, and do not disgrace me.""
"70. They said: "Did we not forbid you from entertaining any of the 'Alamin?""
"71. [Lut] said: "These are my daughters, if you must act (so).""
"72. Verily, by your life, in their wild intoxication, they were wandering blindly."
Allah tells us about how Lut's people came to him when they found out about his handsome guests, and they came happily rejoicing about them.
This is what Lot said to them before he knew that his guests were messengers from Allah, as mentioned in Surat Hud, but here (in this Surah), we have already been told that they are messengers from Allah, and this is followed by an account of Lot's people coming and his exchange with them. However, here the conjunction {wa, meaning "and") does not imply the sequence of events, especially since there is something to indicate that this is not the case. They said answering him,
meaning, 'did we not tell you that you should not have anyone as a guest?' He reminded them about their womenfolk and what their Lord had created for them in the women permissible sexual relationships. This issue has already been explained and is no need to repeat the discussion here. All of this happened while they were still unaware of inevitable calamity and punishment that was about to befall them the following morning. Hence Allah, may He be exalted, said to Muhammad,
Allah swore by the life of His Prophet, which is immense honor reflecting his high rank and noble status. 'Amr bin Malik An-Nakari reported from Abu Al-Jawza' that Ibn 'Abbas said: "Allah has never created or made or formed a soul that is dearer to him than Muhammad. I never heard that Allah swore by the life of anyone else. Allah says,
meaning, by your life and the length of your stay in this world
This was reported by Ibn Jarir. Qatadah said:
{in their wild intoxication} "It means - in their misguided state;
{they were wandering blindly} means - they were playing." 'Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn 'Abbas said: