Al-Hijr (الحجر)

Verse 72 of 99

Chapter 15 - The Rocky Tract

72

لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِى سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

La'amruka innahum lafee sakratihim ya'mahoon

By your life, [O Muhammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly.

Quran 15:72 - Surah Al-Hijr

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Surrounding Verses

70

قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

They said, "Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people?"

71

قَالَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِىٓ إِن كُنتُمْ فَٰعِلِينَ

[Lot] said, "These are my daughters - if you would be doers [of lawful marriage]."

72

لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِى سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

By your life, [O Muhammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly.

73

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ

So the shriek seized them at sunrise.

74

فَجَعَلْنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةًۭ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.