He said: "What is then your business, O messengers?"
Said Ibrahim, “What is your task, O the sent angels?”
Said he, 'And what is your business, envoys?'
Said [Abraham]: “And what [else] may you have in view, O you [heavenly] messengers?”
He said: what then is your errand! O ye sent ones!
[Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Then for what purpose you have come, O Messengers?"
He said, “What is your business, O envoys?”
Abraham said: “Envoys (of Allah), what is your errand?”
(Ibrahim) said: "Then for what purpose you have come, O messengers"
(Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah)?
He said, ‘O messengers, what is now your errand?’
'Messengers' said he (Abraham), 'what is your errand'
[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"
Abraham asked, "Messengers, what is your task?"
He said: What is your affair then, O apostles!
Q<u>a</u>la fam<u>a</u> kha<u>t</u>bukum ayyuh<u>a</u> almursaloon<b>a</b>
Abraham asked, "What is your errand, O messengers?"
(Abraham) said: "And what, O ye Messengers, is your errand (now)?"
قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ
Abraham (peace be upon him) said to the angels: “What is you case? And what do you intend?”
Abraham (peace be upon him) said to the angels: “What is you case? And what do you intend?”
<h2 class="title">The Angels were sent to destroy the People of the Prophet Lut</h2><p>Allah the Exalted said about Ibrahim, peace be upon him,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ عَنْ إِبْرَهِيمَ الرَّوْعُ وَجَآءَتْهُ الْبُشْرَى يُجَـدِلُنَا فِى قَوْمِ لُوطٍ - إِنَّ إِبْرَهِيمَ لَحَلِيمٌ أَوَّاهٌ مُّنِيبٌ - يإِبْرَهِيمُ أَعْرِضْ عَنْ هَـذَآ إِنَّهُ قَدْ جَآءَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ وَإِنَّهُمْ آتِيهِمْ عَذَابٌ غَيْرُ مَرْدُودٍ </div><p>(Then when the fear had gone away from (Ibrahim), and the glad tidings had reached him, he began to plead with Us for the people of Lut. Verily, Ibrahim was, without doubt forbearing, used to invoke Allah with humility, and was repentant. "O Ibrahim! Forsake this. Indeed, the commandment of your Lord has gone forth. Verily, there will come a torment for them which cannot be turned back.")(11:74-76) Allah said here,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ </div><p>((Ibrahim) said: "Then for what purpose you have come, O messengers") meaning, `what is the mission that you were sent with,'</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">قَالُواْ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَى قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ </div><p>(They said: "We have been sent to a people who are criminals.") in reference to the people of Lut,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ مُّسَوَّمَةً</div><p>(To send down upon them stones of baked clay, marked), or written,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ</div><p>(by your Lord for transgressors.) recorded with Allah to their names; each stone has the name of its companion. Allah said in Surat Al-`Ankabut,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">قَالَ إِنَّ فِيهَا لُوطاً قَالُواْ نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن فِيهَا لَنُنَجِّيَنَّهُ وَأَهْلَهُ إِلاَّ امْرَأَتَهُ كَانَتْ مِنَ الْغَـبِرِينَ </div><p>((Ibrahim) said: "But there is Lut in it." They said: "We know better who is there. We will verily save him and his family except his wife: she will be of those who remain behind.")(29:32), and said here,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ </div><p>(So We brought out from therein the believers.) they are: Lut and his family, except his wife,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ </div><p>(But We found not there any household of the Muslims except one.) Allah the Exalted said,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمَ </div><p>(And We have left there a sign for those who fear the painful torment.) meaning, `We left a proof of the punishment, torment and stones made of Sijjil (baked clay) that We sent on them; We made their dwelling place a putrid, evil, dead sea. This should provide a lesson for the believers,'</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمَ</div><p>(for those who fear the painful torment.)</p>
The Angels were sent to destroy the People of the Prophet LutAllah the Exalted said about Ibrahim, peace be upon him,فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ عَنْ إِبْرَهِيمَ الرَّوْعُ وَجَآءَتْهُ الْبُشْرَى يُجَـدِلُنَا فِى قَوْمِ لُوطٍ - إِنَّ إِبْرَهِيمَ لَحَلِيمٌ أَوَّاهٌ مُّنِيبٌ - يإِبْرَهِيمُ أَعْرِضْ عَنْ هَـذَآ إِنَّهُ قَدْ جَآءَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ وَإِنَّهُمْ آتِيهِمْ عَذَابٌ غَيْرُ مَرْدُودٍ (Then when the fear had gone away from (Ibrahim), and the glad tidings had reached him, he began to plead with Us for the people of Lut. Verily, Ibrahim was, without doubt forbearing, used to invoke Allah with humility, and was repentant. "O Ibrahim! Forsake this. Indeed, the commandment of your Lord has gone forth. Verily, there will come a torment for them which cannot be turned back.")(11:74-76) Allah said here,قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ ((Ibrahim) said: "Then for what purpose you have come, O messengers") meaning, `what is the mission that you were sent with,'قَالُواْ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَى قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ (They said: "We have been sent to a people who are criminals.") in reference to the people of Lut,لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ مُّسَوَّمَةً(To send down upon them stones of baked clay, marked), or written,عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ(by your Lord for transgressors.) recorded with Allah to their names; each stone has the name of its companion. Allah said in Surat Al-`Ankabut,قَالَ إِنَّ فِيهَا لُوطاً قَالُواْ نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن فِيهَا لَنُنَجِّيَنَّهُ وَأَهْلَهُ إِلاَّ امْرَأَتَهُ كَانَتْ مِنَ الْغَـبِرِينَ ((Ibrahim) said: "But there is Lut in it." They said: "We know better who is there. We will verily save him and his family except his wife: she will be of those who remain behind.")(29:32), and said here,فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (So We brought out from therein the believers.) they are: Lut and his family, except his wife,فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍ مِّنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ (But We found not there any household of the Muslims except one.) Allah the Exalted said,وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمَ (And We have left there a sign for those who fear the painful torment.) meaning, `We left a proof of the punishment, torment and stones made of Sijjil (baked clay) that We sent on them; We made their dwelling place a putrid, evil, dead sea. This should provide a lesson for the believers,'لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمَ(for those who fear the painful torment.)