Surah 7:82

"But the only response of his people was that they said, ‘Expel them from your town, (for) surely they are men who keep themselves clean.’"

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Tafsir Ibn Kathir Verses 7:82

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Verse 82

وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوۡمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓاْ أَخۡرِجُوهُم مِّن قَرۡيَتِكُمۡۖ إِنَّهُمۡ أُنَاسٞ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ

But the only response of his people was that they said, ‘Expel them from your town, (for) surely they are men who keep themselves clean.’

So they answered Prophet Lut by trying to expel and banish him from their village, along with those who believed with him. Allah indeed removed Prophet Lot safely from among them, and He destroyed them in their land in disgrace and humiliation. They said (about Lut and the believers):

Quoted Scripture

""These are indeed men who want to be pure (from sins)!""

Qatadah commented, “They shamed them (Lut and the believers) with what is not a shame at all.” Mujahid commented, “(Lut’s people said about Lot and the believers,) They are a people who want to be pure from men’s anuses and women’s anuses!” Similar was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas.

About this Source & Scholarly Authority (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Universal Sunni Consensus: Tafsir al-Qur'an al-Azim by Hafiz Ibn Kathir (701–774 AH / 1301–1373 AD) is universally regarded across all major schools of Sunni Islam (traditional, Salafi, Ash'ari) as the most authoritative classical exegesis. It is prized because it relies on Tafsir bil-Ma'thur—interpreting the Quran using the Quran itself, authentic Hadiths of Prophet Muhammad, and recorded statements of the early Companions (Sahabah).

Standard English Edition: This text is from the standard 10-volume English abridgment published by Dar-us-Salam Publications (supervised by Shaykh Safiur-Rahman Al-Mubarakpuri), which is the official, most widely distributed English Quranic commentary in mosques and Islamic libraries worldwide today.

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